Ornate wobbegong
| Ornate wobbegong | |
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| Ornate wobbegong in the Great Barrier Reef | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Order: | Orectolobiformes |
| Family: | Orectolobidae |
| Genus: | Orectolobus |
| Species: | O. ornatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Orectolobus ornatus (De Vis, 1883)
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| Confirmed range of the ornate wobbegong (see text) | |
The ornate wobbegong (Orectolobus ornatus) is a species of carpet shark in the family Orectolobidae.The maximum reported length of the ornate wobbegong is 1.17 metres (3.8 ft). Reports of a larger maximum size are due to confusion with the recently revalidated gulf wobbegong, O. halei, which for the most part is found further south than the ornate wobbegong.
Reproduction is ovoviviparous.
Distribution
The ornate wobbegong lives in shallow coral reefs,[2] in waters no deeper than 100 metres (330 ft). It is native to eastern Australia, in the western Pacific Ocean. Reports have been confirmed at Port Stephens and Sydney. Although it has also been reported to live in Indonesia, Japan, and Papua New Guinea, these reports may have misidentified other fish for this species, which would make the ornate wobbegong endemic to Australia.[3]
References
- ^ Huveneers, C., Pollard, D.A., Gordon, I., Flaherty, A.A. & Pogonoski, J. 2015. Orectolobus ornatus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2015: e.T41838A68638906. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T41838A68638906.en. Downloaded on 31 August 2018.
- ^ Allen, Gerry (2000). "Marine Fishes of South-East Asia". Singapore: Periplus Editions. p. 40. ISBN 962-593-267-4.
- ^ Huveneers, C.; Pollard, D. A.; Gordon, I.; Flaherty, A. A.; Pogonoski, J. "Orectolobus ornatus (Ornate Wobbegong)". IUCN Red List. Retrieved 1 February 2019.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Orectolobus ornatus". FishBase. May 2006 version.
- Huveneers, C. (2006). Redescription of two species of wobbegongs (Chondrichthyes: Orectolobidae) with elevation of Orectolobus halei Whitley 1940 to species level. Zootaxa 1284: 29-51.