SPOTTED WOBBEGONG

Orectolobus maculatus

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IUCN Red List Status: Near Threatened (NT)

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SPOTTED WOBBEGONG

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Orectolobus maculatus (Bonnaterre, 1788)

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Distribution

Range

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Occurs in the western Pacific, off the south coast of Australia. There are also records from Japan and the South China Sea but these require confirmation (2).

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Spotted wobbegong are generally found in inshore waters off the southern and southeastern coasts of Australia, from the Fremantle region in Western Australia to Moreton Island in southern Queensland (Pollard et al, 2003). Some sources indicate that spotted wobbegong have a global distribution that includes Japanese waters and the South China Sea (Eagle, 2005). However, the World Conservation Union states that these records are probably incorrect and are most likely the result of difficulty in distinguishing spotted wobbegong from other, closely related, species. If so, spotted wobbegong should be considered endemic only in the Australian regions described above (Pollard et al, 2003). (Eagle, 2005; Pollard et al., 2003)