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Animal realm > Chordates > Vertebrates > Cartilaginous fishes > Elasmobranchii > Sharks > Orectolobiformes > Wobbegongs

Wobbegongs

Scientific name : Orectolobidae


Six described species and several undescribed of unusual sharks with flattened body, broad head, huge terminal mouth. Evident the spiracle, behind the eye, that allows respiration when the animal is laying on the bottom. They camouflage on coral reefs at day, nocturnal predators. Harmless unless provoked.


Habitat: Reef, Sand

Distribution: Pacific Ocean

Sheet author: MASSIMO BOYER
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/ Common name Scientific name Distribution Photo
Tasselled wobbegong Eucrossorhinus dasypogon Western Pacific Tasselled wobbegong-Eucrossorhinus dasypogon
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