Orectolobus wardi

Whitley, 1939


Northern wobbegong
Classification: Elasmobranchii Orectolobiformes Orectolobidae

Reference of the original description
Whitley, G.P. (1939)
Studies in Ichthyology. No. 12. Records of the Australian Museum, 20(4), 264–277

Image of the original description
No image in first description.

Synonyms / new combinations and misspellings
Sutorectus wardi

Types
Orectolobus wardi
Holotype: AMS: IA.7784;


Description :


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Common names
spa Tapicero zapatilla, fra \(T\) Requin-tapis savetier, eng North Australian wobbegong, eng Northern wobbegong, eng Wards wobbegong

Short Description
Dark rounded saddles with light outlining widely spaced by dusky areas and with a few dark spots; saddles on head and trunk forming conspicuous eyespots [544]. Caudal fin with its upper lobe hardly elevated above the body axis, with a strong terminal lobe and subterminal notch but no ventral lobe [544].

Distribution
Western Central Pacific: Australia.

Human uses
fisheries: minor commercial; price category: not marketed/unknown; price reliability:

Biology
Ovoviviparous, embryos feed solely on yolk [733]. Found on the continental shelf, commonly inshore. Presumably feeds on bottom invertebrates and fishes, but diet still unrecorded.

Size / Weight / Age
63.0 cm TL (male/unsexed; [1388])

Habitat
reef-associated; marine; depth range 1 - 3 m [531]

Remarks
shark-references Species-ID=4363;