Orectolobus parvimaculatus, Dwarf spotted wobbegong

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Orectolobus parvimaculatus Last & Chidlow, 2008

Dwarf spotted wobbegong

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Elasmobranquios (tiburones y rayas) (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);  parvimaculatus: parvus (L.), little, referring to its smaller size compared with the similarly spotted O. maculatus. (See ETYFish).
More on authors: Last & Chidlow.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecología


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