Dwarf spotted wobbegong | |
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Conservation status | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Chondrichthyes |
Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
Order: | Orectolobiformes |
Family: | Orectolobidae |
Genus: | Orectolobus |
Species: | O. parvimaculatus |
Binomial name | |
Orectolobus parvimaculatus Last & Chidlow, 2008 |
The dwarf spotted wobbegong (Orectolobus parvimaculatus) is a recently described carpet shark in the family Orectolobidae. It is found at depths of 9 to 135 metres (30 to 443 ft) off south-western Australia.[2] It reaches a total length of 88.5 centimetres (34.8 in).[2]