Orectolobus halei

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Orectolobus halei
Conservation status
Near Threatened
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Chondrichthyes Subclass: Elasmobranchii Order: Orectolobiformes Family: Orectolobidae Genus: Orectolobus Species: O. halei
Binomial name
Orectolobus halei Whitley, 1940

Orectolobus halei, is a carpet shark in the family Orectolobidae, found in southern Australia between Southport, Queensland and Norwegian Bay, Western Australia[1].

Orectolobus halei is very similar to the Ornate wobbegong, Orectolobus ornatus, of which it was treated as a synomym until 2006. Orectolobus halei has more dermal lobes at the posterior preorbital group, as well as a number of other anatomical differences. It also has a shorter pelvic fin to anal fin interspace, larger pectoral fins, a larger head and larger claspers when mature.

Reproduction is ovoviviparous.

[edit] See also

• List of sharks

[edit] References

• [2]
• Wobbegong sharks redescribed Matt Clarke, Practical Fishkeeping