Carpet Shark Specimen

Most anglers however release any carpet sharks they catch back into the sea.

Carpet shark specimen.

They are found in all oceans but are concentrated in the indo pacific and australian regions. Carpet shark order orectolobiformes any of about 40 species of sharks possessing mottled patterns on the body that are evocative of carpet designs. Many species are large but they are not considered dangerous to humans although they may protect themselves if harmed. The zebra shark stegostoma fasciatum is a species of carpet shark and the sole member of the family stegostomatidae it is found throughout the tropical indo pacific frequenting coral reefs and sandy flats to a depth of 62 m 203 ft.

The flesh being much like that of any other shark. The bamboo shark is also known as a longtail carpet shark so called for its particularly long tail that exceeds the length of the rest of the body. They too have the ubiquitous barbels around the mouth that distinguish the carpet shark order with one species of this family displaying a dark hood or large black spots on the body while the. Carpet sharks are sharks classified in the order orectolobiformes sometimes the common name carpet shark named so because many species resemble ornately patterned carpets is used interchangeably with wobbegong which is the common name of sharks in the family orectolobidae carpet sharks have five gill slits two spineless dorsal fins and a small mouth that does not extend past the eyes.

I have eaten carpet shark many years ago.