Orectolobus reticulatus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Chondrichthyes |
Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
Order: | Orectolobiformes |
Family: | Orectolobidae |
Genus: | Orectolobus |
Species: | O. reticulatus |
Binomial name | |
Orectolobus reticulatus Last, Pogonoski & W. T. White, 2008 |
The network wobbegong (Orectolobus reticulatus) is a recently described species of carpet shark found in relatively shallow waters off north-western Australia.[1] With a known maximum length of only 52.3 centimetres (20.6 in),[2] it may be the smallest species of wobbegong.