Animalia > Chordata > Elasmobranchii > Orectolobiformes > Orectolobidae > Orectolobus > Orectolobus maculatus

Orectolobus maculatus (Wobbegong; Tassel shark; Spotted wobbegong; Common catshark; Common carpet shark; Carpet shark)

Synonyms: Squalus appendiculatus; Squalus barbatus; Squalus labiatus (heterotypic); Squalus lobatus; Squalus maculatus
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Wikipedia Abstract

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 m (9.8 ft).
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Attributes

Nocturnal [1]  Yes
Water Biome [1]  Benthic, Reef, Coastal
Diet [1]  Carnivore

Prey / Diet

Muraenesox bagio (Silver eel)[2]
Pagrus auratus (White snapper)[2]
Scomber australasicus (Spotted mackerel)[2]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Consumers

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2006. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed February 01, 2010 at animaldiversity.org
♦ 2Huveneers, C., Otway, N. M., Gibbs, S. E., and Harcourt, R. G. 2007. Quantitative diet assessment of wobbegong sharks (genus Orectolobus) in New South Wales, Australia. – ICES Journal of Marine Science, 64: 1272–1281.
♦ 3Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
♦ 4Pollerspöck, J. & Straube, N. (2015), Bibliography database of living/fossil sharks, rays and chimaeras (Chondrichthyes: Elasmobranchii, Holocephali) -Host-Parasites List/Parasite-Hosts List-, World Wide Web electronic publication, Version 04/2015;
♦ 5Species Interactions of Australia Database, Atlas of Living Australia, Version ala-csv-2012-11-19
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0