Gulf wobbegong

Orectolobus halei
Conservation status
Near Threatened
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Chondrichthyes
Subclass:	Elasmobranchii
Order:	Orectolobiformes
Family:	Orectolobidae
Genus:	Orectolobus
Species:	O. halei
Binomial name
Orectolobus halei Whitley, 1940

Template:Sharksportal Orectolobus halei, is a carpet shark in the family Orectolobidae, found in southern Australia between Southport, Queensland and Norwegian Bay, Western Australia.

Orectolobus halei is very similar to the Ornate wobbegong, Orectolobus ornatus, of which it was treated as a synomym until 2006. Orectolobus halei has more dermal lobes at the posterior preorbital group, as well as a number of other anatomical differences. It also has a shorter pelvic fin to anal fin interspace, larger pectoral fins, a larger head and larger claspers when mature.

Reproduction is ovoviviparous.

See also

• List of sharks

References

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