Sometimes the term "carpet shark" is used interchangeably with wobbegong, which are a subgroup of the order.

Wobbegong is the common name given to the 12 species of carpet sharks in the family Orectolobidae.

Because of this striking pattern, wobbegongs and their close relatives are often referred to as carpet sharks.

The Parascylliidae, or collared carpet sharks are a family of sharks.

There are eight species of collared carpet shark, in two genera:

Nebrius is a genus of carpet sharks in the family Ginglymostomatidae.

Orectolobus hutchinsi, the western wobbegong, is a species of carpet shark in the family Orectolobidae.

Orectolobus is a genus of carpet sharks in the family Orectolobidae.

Whitespotted bambooshark, a mostly nocturnal carpet shark reaching one metre in length.

It is the only carpet shark in which the embryos are oophagous, feeding on eggs produced by the mother while inside the uterus.