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Orectolobus hutchinsi, is a recently discovered 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 off 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....
 from Coral Bay
Coral Bay, Western Australia

Coral Bay is a small town on the coast of Western Australia, 1,200 km north of Perth, Western Australia. It exists primarily for tourism, with a side industry of fishing....
, near North West Cape
North West Cape

North West Cape is a large peninsula of land in the north west coast of Western Australia. Cape Range National Park runs down the spine of the peninsula and Ningaloo Reef runs along the western edge....
, south to Groper Bluff, west of Bremer Bay, at depths of between 9 and 105 m.

Orectolobus hutchinsi is found alongside two other Orectolobus species, spotted wobbegong
Spotted wobbegong

The spotted wobbegong, Orectolobus maculatus, is a carpet shark in the family Orectolobidae, found in the eastern Indian Ocean from Western Australia to southern Queensland, between latitudes 20th parallel south to 40th parallel south....
, Orectolobus maculatus, and 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, and can be distinguished from these and other Indo-Pacific
Indo-Pacific

The Indo-Pacific is a biogeography region of the earth's seas, comprising the tropical waters of the Indian Ocean, the western and central Pacific Ocean, and the seas connecting the two in the general area of Indonesia....
 wobbegong sharks by its tall dorsal fin
Dorsal fin

A wikt:dorsal fin is a fin located on the backs of some fish, whales, dolphins, and porpoises, as well as the ichthyosaurs. Its main purpose is to stabilize the animal against rolling and assist in sudden turns....
, lack of warty tubercles on the dorsal
Dorsum (biology)

In anatomy, the dorsum is the upper side of animals that typically run, fly, or swim in a horizontal position, and the back side of animals that walk upright....
 surface and the relatively low number of unbranched dermal lobes.

Orectolobus hutchinsi also has dark brown saddles on its back which lack the white spots or blotches seen in some other members of the genus.








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Orectolobus hutchinsi, is a recently discovered 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 off 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....
 from Coral Bay
Coral Bay, Western Australia

Coral Bay is a small town on the coast of Western Australia, 1,200 km north of Perth, Western Australia. It exists primarily for tourism, with a side industry of fishing....
, near North West Cape
North West Cape

North West Cape is a large peninsula of land in the north west coast of Western Australia. Cape Range National Park runs down the spine of the peninsula and Ningaloo Reef runs along the western edge....
, south to Groper Bluff, west of Bremer Bay, at depths of between 9 and 105 m.

Orectolobus hutchinsi is found alongside two other Orectolobus species, spotted wobbegong
Spotted wobbegong

The spotted wobbegong, Orectolobus maculatus, is a carpet shark in the family Orectolobidae, found in the eastern Indian Ocean from Western Australia to southern Queensland, between latitudes 20th parallel south to 40th parallel south....
, Orectolobus maculatus, and 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, and can be distinguished from these and other Indo-Pacific
Indo-Pacific

The Indo-Pacific is a biogeography region of the earth's seas, comprising the tropical waters of the Indian Ocean, the western and central Pacific Ocean, and the seas connecting the two in the general area of Indonesia....
 wobbegong sharks by its tall dorsal fin
Dorsal fin

A wikt:dorsal fin is a fin located on the backs of some fish, whales, dolphins, and porpoises, as well as the ichthyosaurs. Its main purpose is to stabilize the animal against rolling and assist in sudden turns....
, lack of warty tubercles on the dorsal
Dorsum (biology)

In anatomy, the dorsum is the upper side of animals that typically run, fly, or swim in a horizontal position, and the back side of animals that walk upright....
 surface and the relatively low number of unbranched dermal lobes.

Orectolobus hutchinsi also has dark brown saddles on its back which lack the white spots or blotches seen in some other members of the genus.

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....