Biology:Cobbler wobbegong

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Short description: Species of shark

Cobbler wobbegong
Sutorectus tentaculatus csiro-nfc.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Subdivision: Selachimorpha
Order: Orectolobiformes
Family: Orectolobidae
Genus: Sutorectus
Whitley, 1939
Species:
S. tentaculatus
Binomial name
Sutorectus tentaculatus
(W. K. H. Peters, 1864)
Sutorectus tentaculatus distmap.png
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

  • List of sharks

References

  1. Huveneers, C.; Simpfendorfer, C. (2015). "Sutorectus tentaculatus". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (IUCN) 2015: e.T41864A68646166. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T41864A68646166.en. http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/41864/0. Retrieved 23 December 2017. 
  2. Dianne J. Bray, 2011, Cobbler Wobbegong, Sutorectus tentaculatus, in Fishes of Australia, accessed 07 Oct 2014, http://www.fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/species/1979
  3. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Sutorectus tentaculatus" in FishBase. May 2006 version.

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q31776 entry