Spotted wobbegong
| Spotted wobbegong | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Order: | Orectolobiformes |
| Family: | Orectolobidae |
| Genus: | Orectolobus |
| Species: | O. maculatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Orectolobus maculatus (Bonnaterre, 1788) | |
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| Range of spotted wobbegong (in blue) | |
The Spotted Wobbegong, Orectolobus maculatus, is a carpet shark in the family Orectolobidae, found in the eastern Indian Ocean from Western Australia to southern Queensland, between latitudes 20° S to 40° S. It reaches a length of 3 meters (9.8 feet).[1]
See also
References
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Orectolobus maculatus" in FishBase. may 2006 version.
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