Orectolobidae

Network wobbegong

Orectolobus reticulatus

Fine nets and dark saddles enter shallow water

• Tropical
• Regional distribution
• Marine fish
• Indian Ocean
• Oceania
• Elongated
• Large
• Tropical fish

Orectolobus reticulatus, the network wobbegong, is a recently described species of carpet shark found in relatively shallow waters off Kimberley and Darwin in north-western Australia. With a known maximum length of only 52.3 centimetres (20.6 in), it may be the smallest species of wobbegong. Until its description in 2008, it had been confused with the northern wobbegong.