Floral banded wobbegong
Floral banded wobbegong | |
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Orectolobus floridus | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Chondrichthyes |
Superorder: | Selachimorpha |
Order: | Orectolobiformes |
Family: | Orectolobidae |
Genus: | Orectolobus |
Species: | O. floridus
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Binomial name | |
Orectolobus floridus Last & , 2008
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Range of the Floral banded wobbegong (in blue) |
The floral banded wobbegong (Orectolobus floridus) is a recently described species of carpet shark found in the Indian Ocean off southwestern Australia.[1] With a maximum length of up to 75 cm (30 in),[1] it is among the smallest wobbegongs.
References[]
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2010). "Orectolobus floridus" in FishBase. February 2010 version.
Categories:
- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Orectolobus
- Marine fish of Western Australia
- Taxa named by Peter R. Last
- Taxa named by Justin A. Chidlow
- Fish described in 2008
- Shark stubs