Northern wobbegong

Northern wobbegong
Specimen at Turquoise Bay
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Subdivision: Selachimorpha
Order: Orectolobiformes
Family: Orectolobidae
Genus: Orectolobus
Species:
O. wardi
Binomial name
Orectolobus wardi
Whitley, 1939
Range of Northern wobbegong (in blue)

The northern wobbegong (Orectolobus wardi) is a carpet shark in the family Orectolobidae, found in the western Pacific Ocean around Australia, between latitudes 9° S to 26° S. It reaches a length of 63 cm.

  1. ^ Huveneers, C.; Pollard, D.A.; Gordon, I.; Flaherty, A.A.; Pogonoski, J. (2015). "Orectolobus wardi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T41839A68639575. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T41839A68639575.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.

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