Spotted wobbegong
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| 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 |
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| Orectolobus maculatus (Bonnaterre, 1788) |
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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 (10 feet).[1]
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[edit] References
- ^ Kindersley, Dorling (2001,2005). Animal. New York City: DK Publishing. ISBN 0-7894-7764-5.
- Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2006). "Orectolobus maculatus" in FishBase. may 2006 version.
