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Orectolobus floridus, Floral banded wobbegong
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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
)
;
floridus:
Latin for full of flowers (i.e., florid), referring to “rich, floral pattern” of bands and blotches on dorsal surface. (
See ETYFish
)
.
More on authors:
Last
&
Chidlow
.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; pelagic-neritic; depth range 42 - 85 m (Ref.
74934
). Tropical
Eastern Indian Ocean: southwestern Australia.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: L
m
 
?
  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 75.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref.
74934
); 71.4 cm TL (female)
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This species is characterized by the following: dorsal coloration when fresh strongly ornamented, mottled yellowish brown; side of the head with black spots; nasal barbel with 2 simple lobes; postspiracular lobes are poorly developed, distance across preorbital group 1.2-1.4 times interspace between preorbital group and postspiracular lobe (PO/PO-PS1), 12-14 times base length of anterior postspiracular lobe (PO/PS1); base of anterior postspiracular lobe 9-12 in its distance from postorbital group (PO- PS1/PS1), 5-6 in its distance from posterior postspiracular lobe (PS1-PS2/PS1); above eye is a weak tubercle; back without wart-like tubercles; dorsal fins low, raked, not upright; first dorsal-fin origin over mid pelvic-fin base; interdorsal space 0.3-0.4 times the anal-fin base length; anal-fin inner margin 1.1-1.2 times the anal-fin posterior margin; 18-20 teeth in upper jaw, medial row at symphysis of upper jaw absent; 47-52 monospondylous centra; 145-150 total vertebral centra (Ref.
74934
).
Collected from the inner continental shelf off southwestern Australia (Ref.
74934
).
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Last, P.R. and J.A. Chidlow
, 2008. Two new wobbegong sharks,
Orectolobus floridus
sp. nov. and O.
parvimaculatus
sp. nov. (Orectolobiformes: Orectolobidae), from southwestern Australia. Zootaxa 1673:49-67. (Ref.
74934
)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref.
130435
)
Least Concern (LC)
; Date assessed:
18 February 2015
CITES
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201
): 16 - 22.5, mean 17.9 °C (based on 15 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804
): PD
50
= 0.5012 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00389 (0.00180 - 0.00842), b=3.12 (2.94 - 3.30), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref.
93245
).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278
): 3.8 ±0.6 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153
): Moderate to high vulnerability (50 of 100).
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