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Orectolobus hutchinsi Last, Chidlow & Compagno, 2006

Western wobbegong
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Common names: Western wobbegong
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: | Ref:
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Type locality, north of Rottnest Island, CSIRO H 5275-01 (holotypeof Orectolobus hutchinsi, 1325 mm TL, mature male). Known from the inshore continental shelf of Western Australia, from Groper Bkuff (west of Bremer Bay) to Coral Bay (near North West Cape) (Ref. 58024).
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Last, P.R., J.A. Chidlow and L.J.V. Compagno, 2006
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Elasmobranchii (sharks and rays) > Orectolobiformes (Carpet sharks) > Orectolobidae (Carpet or nurse sharks)
Etymology: Orectolobus: orektos (Gr.), stretched out; lobus (L.), from lobos (Gr.), rounded projection or protuberance, referring to long nasal barbels of Squalus barbatus (=O. maculatus). (See ETYFish);  hutchinsi: In honor of J. Barry Hutchins (b. 1946), Curator of Fishes, Western Australian Museum (Perth), who first reported this shark as a new species in 1983. (See ETYFish).
  More on authors: Last, Chidlow & Compagno.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; demersal; depth range 0 - 106 m (Ref. 58024), usually 0 - 79 m (Ref. 58024).   Tropical

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