Floral banded wobbegong

Floral banded wobbegong
Orectolobus floridus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Chondrichthyes
Order:Orectolobiformes
Family:Orectolobidae
Genus:Orectolobus
Species: O. floridus
Binomial name
Orectolobus floridus
Last & Chidlow, 2008
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

  1. 1 2 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2010). "Orectolobus floridus" in FishBase. February 2010 version.
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