Orectolobiformes (Carpet Sharks)

Order

Carpet Sharks

Orectolobiformes

3 species in our catalog · found in 7 parks

Species in this group

Each card shows the species at its best park — tap for the full profile

Nurse Shark

Nurse Shark

☀️ Diurnal Shark / Ray

Ginglymostoma cirratum

60–70% · Likely
Whale Shark

Whale Shark

☀️ Diurnal Shark / Ray

Rhincodon typus

60–70% · Likely
Pacific Nurse Shark

Pacific Nurse Shark

☀️🌙 Day & Night Shark / Ray

Ginglymostoma unami

Insufficient data

📅 Monthly Probability

Probability-weighted average across the group's species

40–50
Jan
50–60
Feb
50–60
Mar
60–70
Apr
50–60
May
50–60
Jun
60–70
Jul
50–60
Aug
50–60
Sep
50–60
Oct
40–50
Nov
50–60
Dec

🕐 When They're Spotted

When the group's species are recorded (aggregated)

☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

Where to see Carpet Sharks

Worldwide records of this group (human observations from 2019 onwards, GBIF). Pins mark our parks — tap one for the chance of seeing at least one species of the group there.

Parks Ranked

Chance of seeing at least one species of the group · number of its species present

#ParkCountrySpeciesP(≥1)
1 Arrecifes de Cozumel National Park 🇲🇽 Mexico 1
60–70%
2 Ningaloo Marine Park 🇦🇺 Australia 1
60–70%
3 Coiba National Park 🇵🇦 Panama 2
50–60%
4 Isla del Coco National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica 1
10–20%
5 Machalilla National Park 🇪🇨 Ecuador 1
10–20%
6 Bahía de Loreto National Park 🇲🇽 Mexico 1
10–20%
7 Galápagos Islands 🇪🇨 Ecuador 1
5–10%