Real photoREAL PHOTO
Orectolobidae
carpet shark
Orectolobus ornatus
Resting by day prowling reefs at night
- Tropical
- Southern Hemisphere
- Regional distribution
- Marine fish
- Pacific Ocean
- Oceania
- Elongated
- Large
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Elongated
Largecarpet shark is known around Southwest Pacific as a marine fish; It occurs in marine waters, and the species reaches a recorded maximum of 290 cm.
- Class
- Sharks and Rays
- Order
- Carpet Sharks
- Family
- Orectolobidae
- Genus
- Orectolobus
- Maximum length
- 290 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- elongated
- Distribution
- Southwest Pacific: east Australia and southern Papua New Guinea.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
