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Orectolobidae
wobbegong
Orectolobus maculatus
Climbing tidepool ridges with its back exposed
wobbegong is known around Eastern Indian Ocean as a marine fish; It occurs in marine waters, and the species reaches a recorded maximum of 320 cm.
- Class
- Sharks and Rays
- Order
- Carpet Sharks
- Family
- Orectolobidae
- Genus
- Orectolobus
- Maximum length
- 320 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- elongated
- Distribution
- Eastern Indian Ocean: southern Australia, from Western Australia to southern Queensland. Records from Japan and the South China Sea need to be confirmed.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern

