Floral banded wobbegong
Floral banded wobbegong | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Chondrichthyes |
Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
Order: | Orectolobiformes |
Family: | Orectolobidae |
Genus: | Orectolobus |
Species: | O. floridus |
Binomial name | |
Orectolobus floridus Last & Chidlow, 2008 | |
Range of the Floral banded wobbegong (in blue) |
The floral banded wobbegong (Orectolobus floridus) is a recently described species of carpet shark found in the Indian Ocean off southwestern Australia.[1] With a maximum length of up to 75 cm (30 in),[1] it is among the smallest wobbegongs.
References
- 1 2 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2010). "Orectolobus floridus" in FishBase. February 2010 version.
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