Tasselled wobbegong (Eucrossorhinus dasypogon)

Scientific name: Eucrossorhinus dasypogon Bleeker, 1867

Tasselled wobbegong (Eucrossorhinus dasypogon)

The Tasselled wobbegong (Eucrossorhinus dasypogon) is a marine fish of the family Orectolobidae. Native range: Western Pacific, eastern Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, and northern Australia (including Barrow Island, Western Australia). Questionable occurrence in Malaysia.

Biology

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 0; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 0. Body with a reticular pattern of narrow dark lines. Caudal fin with its upper lobe hardly elevated above the body axis, with a strong terminal lobe and subterminal notch but no ventral lobe.

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Eucrossorhinus dasypogon
Family
Orectolobidae (Carpet or nurse sharks)
Order
Orectolobiformes (Carpet sharks)
Class
Elasmobranchii (Sharks and Rays)
Maximum length
125
Depth range
40 m (131 ft)
Environment
Marine; reef-associated; depth range ? - 40 m
Climate
Deep-water
Distribution
Western Pacific: eastern Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, and northern Australia (including Barrow Island, Western Australia). Questionable occurrence in Malaysia.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Near Threatened (NT)
Threat to humans
Traumatogenic
Resilience
Low, minimum population doubling time 4.5 - 14 years (Fec assumed to be

Sources

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

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