Cobbler wobbegong
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Chondrichthyes |
Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
Order: | Orectolobiformes |
Family: | Orectolobidae |
Genus: | Sutorectus Whitley, 1939 |
Species: | S. tentaculatus
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Binomial name | |
Sutorectus tentaculatus (W. K. H. Peters, 1864)
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Range of Cobbler wobbegong (in blue) |
The cobbler wobbegong, Sutorectus tentaculatus, is a carpet shark in the family Orectolobidae, the only member of the genus Sutorectus. It is found in the subtropical eastern Indian Ocean around Western Australia between latitudes 26° S and 35° S. It is frequently found in rocky and coral reef areas. Cobbler wobbegongs reach a length of 92 cm. It has unbranched dermal lobes on the head, rows of warty tubercles along the back and black spots on the body and fins.[2][3]
Its reproduction is ovoviviparous.
See also
References
- ^ Huveneers, C. & Simpfendorfer, C. (2015). "Sutorectus tentaculatus". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015. IUCN: e.T41864A68646166. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T41864A68646166.en. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
- ^ Dianne J. Bray, 2011, Cobbler Wobbegong, Sutorectus tentaculatus, in Fishes of Australia, accessed 07 Oct 2014, http://www.fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/species/1979 Archived 2018-08-28 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Sutorectus tentaculatus". FishBase. May 2006 version.
External links
- Media related to Sutorectus tentaculatus at Wikimedia Commons
- Data related to Sutorectus tentaculatus at Wikispecies
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