| Cobbler wobbegong | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Order: | Orectolobiformes |
| Family: | Orectolobidae |
| Genus: | Sutorectus Whitley, 1939 |
| Species: | S. tentaculatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Sutorectus tentaculatus (W. K. H. Peters, 1864) |
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| Range of Cobbler wobbegong (in blue) | |
The cobbler wobbegong, Sutorectus tentaculatus, is a carpet shark in the family Orectolobidae, the only member of the genus Sutorectus. It is found in the subtropical eastern Indian Ocean around Western Australia between latitudes 26° S and 35° S. It is frequently found in rocky and coral reef areas. Cobbler wobbegong reaches a length of 92 cm.
Its reproduction is ovoviviparous.