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Orectolobus parvimaculatus Last & Chidlow, 2008

Dwarf spotted wobbegong
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Common names: Dwarf spotted wobbegong
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Type locality, west of Perth, Western Australia, CSIRO H 5634-01 (holotype of Orectolobus parvimaculatus, 88.5 cm TL, mature male). Known from the inner continental shelf off southwestern Australia from Shark Bay (26° 54'S, 113° 00'E) to Mandurah (32° 26'S, 115° 41'E) in depths of 9-135 m (Ref. 74934).
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Last, P.R. and J.A. Chidlow, 2008
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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);  parvimaculatus: parvus (L.), little, referring to its smaller size compared with the similarly spotted O. maculatus. (See ETYFish).
  More on authors: Last & Chidlow.

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

Marine; demersal; depth range 9 - 135 m (Ref. 74934).   Subtropical

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