Wobbegong (redirect from Orectolobidae)
common name given to the 12 species of carpet sharks in the family Orectolobidae. They are found in shallow temperate and tropical waters of the western...
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with "wobbegong", which is the common name of sharks in the family Orectolobidae. Carpet sharks have five gill slits, two spineless dorsal fins, and...
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Pristiophorus species) Various dog sharks (family Squalidae) Wobbegong (family Orectolobidae) During the late 1960s, it became apparent that larger individuals of...
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Tasselled wobbegong (category Orectolobidae)
(Eucrossorhinus dasypogon) is a species of carpet shark in the family Orectolobidae and the only member of the genus Eucrossorhinus. It inhabits shallow...
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La Meseta Formation (section Orectolobidae)
The La Meseta Formation is a sedimentary sequence deposited during the Eocene on Seymour Island off the coast of the Antarctic Peninsula. It is noted for...
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Japanese wobbegong (Orectolobus japonicus) is a carpet shark in the family Orectolobidae of the wobbegong family, found in the tropical western Pacific Ocean...
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(Orectolobus leptolineatus) is a species of carpet shark in the family Orectolobidae, that can grow up to 120 cm in length. It lives in the Western Pacific...
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cirratum), to extended and slit-like, such as found on the wobbegongs (Orectolobidae). Many larger, pelagic species, such as the mackerel sharks (Lamnidae)...
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Brachaeluridae Ginglymostomatidae (Nurse sharks) Hemiscylliidae (Bamboo sharks) Orectolobidae (Wobbegongs) Parascylliidae (Collared carpet sharks) Rhincodontidae...
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wobbegong (Orectolobus parvimaculatus) is a carpet shark in the family Orectolobidae, described in 2008. It is found at depths of 9 to 135 metres (30 to...
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Brachaeluridae Ginglymostomatidae (Nurse sharks) Hemiscylliidae (Bamboo sharks) Orectolobidae (Wobbegongs) Parascylliidae (Collared carpet sharks) Rhincodontidae...
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wobbegong (Orectolobus halei) is a species of carpet shark in the family Orectolobidae, found in southern Australia between Southport, Queensland and Norwegian...
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northern wobbegong (Orectolobus wardi) is a carpet shark in the family Orectolobidae, found in the western Pacific Ocean around Australia, between latitudes...
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(Nurse sharks) Family Hemiscylliidae Gill, 1862 (Bamboo sharks) Family Orectolobidae Gill, 1896 (Wobbegong sharks) Family Parascylliidae Gill, 1862 (Collared...
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Brachaeluridae Ginglymostomatidae (Nurse sharks) Hemiscylliidae (Bamboo sharks) Orectolobidae (Wobbegongs) Parascylliidae (Collared carpet sharks) Rhincodontidae...
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Ophichthidae Ophidiidae Opisthoproctidae Opistognathidae Oplegnathidae Orectolobidae Oreosomatidae Osmeridae Osphronemidae Osteoglossidae Ostraciidae Ostracoberycidae...
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Orectoloboides (category Orectolobidae)
Orectoloboides is an extinct genus of wobbegong sharks (family Orectolobidae). It was described by Cappetta in 1977. A new species, O. angulatus, was...
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Brachaeluridae Ginglymostomatidae (Nurse sharks) Hemiscylliidae (Bamboo sharks) Orectolobidae (Wobbegongs) Parascylliidae (Collared carpet sharks) Rhincodontidae...
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may be comparable to their fellow Orectolobidae. While also lacking extensive research and understanding, Orectolobidae are known to have a slow reproductive...
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the western wobbegong, is a species of carpet shark in the family Orectolobidae. The western wobbegong shark is a moderate sized marine shark found...
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Brachaeluridae Ginglymostomatidae (Nurse sharks) Hemiscylliidae (Bamboo sharks) Orectolobidae (Wobbegongs) Parascylliidae (Collared carpet sharks) Rhincodontidae...
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Brachaeluridae Ginglymostomatidae (Nurse sharks) Hemiscylliidae (Bamboo sharks) Orectolobidae (Wobbegongs) Parascylliidae (Collared carpet sharks) Rhincodontidae...
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Cobbler wobbegong (category Orectolobidae)
wobbegong, Sutorectus tentaculatus, is a carpet shark in the family Orectolobidae, the only member of the genus Sutorectus. It is found in the subtropical...
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spotted wobbegong (Orectolobus maculatus) is a carpet shark in the family Orectolobidae, endemic to Australia. It is a large, robust species, typically reaching...
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Ginglymostomatidae (Nurse sharks) Hemiscylliidae (Longtail carpet sharks) Orectolobidae (Wobbegongs) Parascylliidae (Collared carpet sharks) Rhincodontidae...
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Brachaeluridae Ginglymostomatidae (Nurse sharks) Hemiscylliidae (Bamboo sharks) Orectolobidae (Wobbegongs) Parascylliidae (Collared carpet sharks) Rhincodontidae...
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Brachaeluridae Ginglymostomatidae (Nurse sharks) Hemiscylliidae (Bamboo sharks) Orectolobidae (Wobbegongs) Parascylliidae (Collared carpet sharks) Rhincodontidae...
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Brachaeluridae Ginglymostomatidae (Nurse sharks) Hemiscylliidae (Bamboo sharks) Orectolobidae (Wobbegongs) Parascylliidae (Collared carpet sharks) Rhincodontidae...
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Brachaeluridae Ginglymostomatidae (Nurse sharks) Hemiscylliidae (Bamboo sharks) Orectolobidae (Wobbegongs) Parascylliidae (Collared carpet sharks) Rhincodontidae...
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Hemiscyllium sp. Not yet described (Seychelles carpetshark) Family Orectolobidae (Wobbegong sharks) Genus Eucrossorhinus Regan, 1908 Eucrossorhinus dasypogon...
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