The cobbler wobbegong (Sutorectus tentaculatus) is a carpet shark in the family Orectolobidae, the only member of the genus Sutorectus. It is found in the subtropical eastern Indian Ocean around Western Australia between latitudes 26° S and 35° S. It is frequently found in rocky and coral reef areas. Cobbler wobbegongs reach a length of 92 cm. It has unbranched dermal lobes on the head, rows of warty tubercles along the back and black spots on the body and fins.[2][3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Order: | Orectolobiformes |
| Family: | Orectolobidae |
| Genus: | Sutorectus Whitley, 1939 |
| Species: | S. tentaculatus
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| Sutorectus tentaculatus (W. K. H. Peters, 1864)
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Its reproduction is ovoviviparous.
See also
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References
edit- ^ Huveneers, C. & Simpfendorfer, C. (2015). "Sutorectus tentaculatus". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015. IUCN: e.T41864A68646166. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T41864A68646166.en. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
- ^ Dianne J. Bray, 2011, Cobbler Wobbegong, Sutorectus tentaculatus, in Fishes of Australia, accessed 07 Oct 2014, http://www.fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/species/1979 Archived 2018-08-28 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Sutorectus tentaculatus". FishBase. May 2006 version.
External links
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Data related to Sutorectus tentaculatus at Wikispecies
