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    The Gulf wobbegong or banded wobbegong (Orectolobus halei) is a species of carpet shark in the family Orectolobidae, found in southern Australia between...
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    Last & Chidlow, 2008 (floral banded wobbegong) Orectolobus halei Whitley, 1940. (Gulf wobbegong or banded wobbegong) Orectolobus hutchinsi Last, Chidlow...
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    alternative common name for the ornate wobbegong; however, it is also used for the Gulf wobbegong. The ornate wobbegong's upperside is golden brown in colour...
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    The tasselled wobbegong (Eucrossorhinus dasypogon) is a species of carpet shark in the family Orectolobidae and the only member of the genus Eucrossorhinus...
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    The spotted wobbegong (Orectolobus maculatus) is a carpet shark in the family Orectolobidae, endemic to Australia. It is a large, robust species, typically...
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    the Indo-Pacific region, from South Africa to the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf (including Madagascar and the Maldives), to India and Southeast Asia (including...
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    Eucrossorhinus Tasselled wobbegong (E. dasypogon) Orectolobus Floral banded wobbegong (O. floridus) Gulf wobbegong (O. halei) Western wobbegong (O. hutchinsi) Japanese...
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    The Japanese wobbegong (Orectolobus japonicus) is a carpet shark in the family Orectolobidae of the wobbegong family, found in the tropical western Pacific...
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    Eucrossorhinus Tasselled wobbegong (E. dasypogon) Orectolobus Floral banded wobbegong (O. floridus) Gulf wobbegong (O. halei) Western wobbegong (O. hutchinsi) Japanese...
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    the catshark family, and are more closely related to the nurse sharks, wobbegongs, epaulette sharks and whale sharks, belonging to the family Orectolobiformes...
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    The northern wobbegong (Orectolobus wardi) is a carpet shark in the family Orectolobidae, found in the western Pacific Ocean around Australia, between...
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    concluded that the blind shark lineage represents the sister taxon to the wobbegongs. Blind shark fossils have been found in Late Cretaceous period (99.6–65...
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    Orectolobus hutchinsi, the western wobbegong, is a species of carpet shark in the family Orectolobidae. The western wobbegong shark is a moderate sized marine...
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    banded wobbegong) Orectolobus halei Whitley, 1940 (banded wobbegong) Orectolobus hutchinsi Last, Chidlow & L. J. V. Compagno, 2006 (western wobbegong) Orectolobus...
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    found from KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa northward to the Red Sea, Persian Gulf and India, including Madagascar, Mauritius, the Chagos Archipelago, the Seychelles...
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    species resemble ornately patterned carpets) is used interchangeably with "wobbegong", which is the common name of sharks in the family Orectolobidae. Carpet...
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    Eucrossorhinus Tasselled wobbegong (E. dasypogon) Orectolobus Floral banded wobbegong (O. floridus) Gulf wobbegong (O. halei) Western wobbegong (O. hutchinsi) Japanese...
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    Last & Chidlow, 2008 (floral banded wobbegong) Orectolobus halei Whitley, 1940 (Gulf wobbegong or banded wobbegong) Orectolobus hutchinsi Last, Chidlow...
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  • Floral banded wobbegong (Orectolobus floridus) Gulf wobbegong (Orectolobus halei) Western wobbegong (Orectolobus hutchinsi) Spotted wobbegong (Orectolobus...
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    Eucrossorhinus Tasselled wobbegong (E. dasypogon) Orectolobus Floral banded wobbegong (O. floridus) Gulf wobbegong (O. halei) Western wobbegong (O. hutchinsi) Japanese...
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    Arabian carpetshark (category Fish of the Persian Gulf)
    inhabiting coral reefs and other shallow coastal habitats from the Persian Gulf to India. Reaching 78 cm (31 in) long, this shark is characterized by a slender...
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    The cobbler wobbegong, Sutorectus tentaculatus, is a carpet shark in the family Orectolobidae, the only member of the genus Sutorectus. It is found in...
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  • Eucrossorhinus Tasselled wobbegong (E. dasypogon) Orectolobus Floral banded wobbegong (O. floridus) Gulf wobbegong (O. halei) Western wobbegong (O. hutchinsi) Japanese...
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    Eucrossorhinus Tasselled wobbegong (E. dasypogon) Orectolobus Floral banded wobbegong (O. floridus) Gulf wobbegong (O. halei) Western wobbegong (O. hutchinsi) Japanese...
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    european squid, and cuttlefish when in areas such as the Mediterranean or the Gulf of Gabés. Sandbar sharks have been described as being a top predator in their...
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  • (Banded wobbegong) Orectolobus hutchinsi Last, Chidlow & L. J. V. Compagno, 2006 (Western wobbegong) Orectolobus japonicus Regan, 1906 (Japanese wobbegong) Orectolobus...
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    is an abundant species in the littoral zone of the North Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico, is the only shark species known to display sexual dimorphism in...
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    Gray smooth-hound (category Fish of the Gulf of California)
    shelves of the subtropical eastern Pacific, from northern California to the Gulf of California, between latitudes 40° N and 23° N, to a depth of 46 m. It...
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    Mollisquama, until another species, M. mississippiensis, was discovered in the Gulf of Mexico. Both species are distinguished from other sharks by two pockets...
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  • wobbegong (O. japonicus) Spotted wobbegong (O. maculatus) Ornate wobbegong (O. ornatus) Dwarf spotted wobbegong (O. parvimaculatus) Network wobbegong...
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