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Orectolobus halei, the Gulf wobbegong, is a carpet shark
Carpet shark

The order Orectolobiformes, also collectively known as the carpet sharks because many members have carpet-like patterned markings, includes a number of familiar types of sharks, such as the nurse sharks and whale shark, as well as some unusual species, such as the blind shark....
 in the family
Family (biology)

In biological classification, family is a taxonomic rank. Exact details of formal nomenclature depend on the Nomenclature Codes which applies....
 Orectolobidae, found in southern Australia
Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
 between Southport, Queensland
Southport, Queensland

Southport is a suburb and a business district near the mid-point of the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia and has one of the city's largest communities....
 and Norwegian Bay
Norwegian Bay

Norwegian Bay is an arm of the Arctic ocean in the Canada territory of Nunavut. Axel Heiberg Island is to the north, Ellesmere Island is to the east, Devon Island is to the south, Cornwall Island is to the west, and Amund Ringnes Island is to the northwest....
, Western Australia
Western Australia

Western Australia is a States and territories of Australia occupying the entire western third of the Australia . The nation's largest state and the second largest subnational entity in the world, it has 2.1 million inhabitants , 85% of whom live in the south-west corner of the state....
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Orectolobus halei is very similar to the Ornate wobbegong
Ornate wobbegong

The ornate wobbegong, Orectolobus ornatus, is a carpet shark in the family Orectolobidae, found in the western Pacific Ocean around eastern Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, and Australia, between latitudes 1st parallel north to 40th parallel south....
, Orectolobus ornatus, of which it was treated as a synomym until 2006.






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Orectolobus halei, the Gulf wobbegong, is a carpet shark
Carpet shark

The order Orectolobiformes, also collectively known as the carpet sharks because many members have carpet-like patterned markings, includes a number of familiar types of sharks, such as the nurse sharks and whale shark, as well as some unusual species, such as the blind shark....
 in the family
Family (biology)

In biological classification, family is a taxonomic rank. Exact details of formal nomenclature depend on the Nomenclature Codes which applies....
 Orectolobidae, found in southern Australia
Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
 between Southport, Queensland
Southport, Queensland

Southport is a suburb and a business district near the mid-point of the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia and has one of the city's largest communities....
 and Norwegian Bay
Norwegian Bay

Norwegian Bay is an arm of the Arctic ocean in the Canada territory of Nunavut. Axel Heiberg Island is to the north, Ellesmere Island is to the east, Devon Island is to the south, Cornwall Island is to the west, and Amund Ringnes Island is to the northwest....
, Western Australia
Western Australia

Western Australia is a States and territories of Australia occupying the entire western third of the Australia . The nation's largest state and the second largest subnational entity in the world, it has 2.1 million inhabitants , 85% of whom live in the south-west corner of the state....
.

Orectolobus halei is very similar to the Ornate wobbegong
Ornate wobbegong

The ornate wobbegong, Orectolobus ornatus, is a carpet shark in the family Orectolobidae, found in the western Pacific Ocean around eastern Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, and Australia, between latitudes 1st parallel north to 40th parallel south....
, Orectolobus ornatus, of which it was treated as a synomym until 2006. Orectolobus halei has more dermal lobes at the posterior preorbital group, as well as a number of other anatomical differences. It also has a shorter pelvic fin to anal fin interspace, larger pectoral fins, a larger head and larger claspers when mature.

Reproduction is ovoviviparous.

See also

  • List of sharks
    List of sharks

    Shark classificationSharks belong to the superorder Selachimorpha in the subclass Elasmobranchii in the class Chondrichthyes. It is a fish. The Elasmobranchii also include batoidea and skate s; the Chondrichthyes also include Chimaeras....