DIVR
All species
North Australian Wobbegong (Orectolobus wardi)
FishverifiedLeast Concern

Orectolobus wardi

Whitley, 1939

North Australian Wobbegong

Also known as: Northern Wobbegong, Wobbegong, Wards Wobbegong

Verified againstWoRMS

About

Habitat

Reef-associated

Depth

1–3 m

Max size

63 cm

Diet

Hunting macrofauna (predator)

Taxonomy

Class

Elasmobranchii

Order

Orectolobiformes

Family

Orectolobidae

Other species in Orectolobidae

Banded Wobbegong (Orectolobus ornatus)

Orectolobus ornatus

Banded Wobbegong

Cobbler Carpet Shark (Sutorectus tentaculatus)

Sutorectus tentaculatus

Cobbler Carpet Shark

Wobbegong (Orectolobus floridus)

Orectolobus floridus

Wobbegong

Wobbegong (Orectolobus hutchinsi)

Orectolobus hutchinsi

Wobbegong

Bearded Shark (Orectolobus japonicus)

Orectolobus japonicus

Bearded Shark

Bearded Wobbegong (Eucrossorhinus dasypogon)

Eucrossorhinus dasypogon

Bearded Wobbegong

Carpet Shark (Orectolobus maculatus)

Orectolobus maculatus

Carpet Shark

Wobbegong (Orectolobus leptolineatus)

Orectolobus leptolineatus

Wobbegong

Image: © Guy Skillen / Atlas of Living Australia (CC-BY) · Wikimedia Commons (CC-BY) · source