Indonesian wobbegong (Orectolobus leptolineatus)

Scientific name: Orectolobus leptolineatus Last, Pogonoski & White, 2010

Indonesian wobbegong (Orectolobus leptolineatus)

The Indonesian wobbegong (Orectolobus leptolineatus) is a marine fish of the family Orectolobidae.

Biology

This medium-sized (to at least 120 cm TL) Orectolobus species is distinguished by the following set of characters: coloration complex and variable, strongly vermiculate over dorsal and lateral surfaces with alternating dark brownish bars and saddles; dorsal and upper surface of paired fins with prominent vermicular patterns; ventral surface of trunk mainly uniformly pale; nasal barbel with a branch; preorbital dermal lobes complex, with 2-3 simple lobes in PO1 group and 3-4 simple to terminally branched lobes in PO2; simple postspiracular dermal lobes, well- developed, thallate, distance across preorbital group 1.3-1.6 times interspace between preorbital group and postspiracular lobe (PO/PO-PS1), 6.5-8.0 times base length of anterior postspiracular lobe (PO/PS1); base of anterior postspiracular lobe 4.3-5.3 in its distance from postorbital group (PO-PS1/PS1), 2.5-2.9 in its distance from posterior postspiracular lobe (PS1-PS2/PS1); enlarged supraocular knob or warty tubercles on back

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Orectolobus leptolineatus
Family
Orectolobidae (Carpet or nurse sharks)
Order
Orectolobiformes (Carpet sharks)
Class
Elasmobranchii (Sharks and Rays)
Maximum length
11.2
Environment
Marine; benthopelagic
Climate
Tropical
Distribution
Western Pacific: Indonesia. Probably also from off Sarawak Malaysian Borneo and conspecific forms collected from off southeastern Sabah, the Philippines (Visayas and Cebu City), Taiwan (Penghu Islands), and the Okinawa region of Japan.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless

Sources

Taxonomy, distribution and biology data: FishBase (Froese, R. and D. Pauly, eds.), licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

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