Orectolobidae
Sign in to saveWobbegong is the common name given to the 12 species of carpet shark in the family Orectolobidae. They are found in shallow temperate and tropical waters of the western Pacific Ocean and eastern Indian Ocean, chiefly around Australia and Indonesia, although one species (the Japanese wobbegong, Orectolobus japonicus) occurs as far north as Japan.
Species
carpet
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassElasmobranchii
- OrderOrectolobiformes
- FamilyOrectolobidae
Les requins-tapis ou Orectolobidae sont des requins vivant en milieu benthique, de l'ordre des Orectolobiformes. Liste des genres Selon ITIS, FishBase et World Register of Marine Species (18 novembre 2014)[2]: genre Eucrossorhinus Regan, 1908 -- 1 espèce genre Orectolobus Bonaparte, 1834 -- 10 espèces genre Sutorectus Whitley, 1939 -- 1 espèce Eucrossorhinus dasypogon Orectolobus maculatus Sutorectus tentaculatus Références taxinomiques (en) Référence World Register of Marine Species : taxon Orectolobidae Gill, 1896 (+ liste genres + liste espèces) (fr+en) Référence FishBase : () () (en) Référence Paleobiology Database : Orectolobidae Jordan and Fowler 1903 (fr+en) Référence ITIS : Orectolobidae Gill, 1896 (en) Référence Animal Diversity Web : Orectolobidae (en) Référence Catalogue of Life : Orectolobidae (consulté le 11 décembre 2020) (en) Référence uBio : Orectolobidae Gill, 1896 (en) Référence UICN : taxon Orectolobidae (en) Référence NCBI : Orectolobidae (taxons inclus) Notes et références ↑ Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS), www.itis.gov, CC0 https://doi.org/10.5066/F7KH0KBK, consulté le 18 novembre 2014 ↑ World Register of Marine Species, consulté le 18 novembre
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 32
- With media
- 5
- Family
- Orectolobidae
- Collections
- USNM, SDNHM, NHMUK, UCMP, ROM, NMMNHS
- Recorded in
- United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Thailand, Philippines
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Encyclopedic overview
8 sectionsContents
- Description
- Interaction with humans
- Captivity
- Genera and species
- Conservation status
- See also
- References
- External links
Wobbegong is the common name given to the 12 species of carpet shark in the family Orectolobidae. They are found in shallow temperate and tropical waters of the western Pacific Ocean and eastern Indian Ocean, chiefly around Australia and Indonesia, although one species (the Japanese wobbegong, Orectolobus japonicus) occurs as far north as Japan.
The word wobbegong is thought to come from an Australian Aboriginal language and means shaggy beard, referring to the growths around the mouth of the shark.
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