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Sutorectus tentaculatus (Peters, 1864)

Cobbler wobbegong
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Common names: Cobbler carpet shark, Cobbler wobbegong, Sombre carpet shark
Occurrence: endemic
Salinity: marine
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: of no interest | Ref:
Aquaculture: | Ref:
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Occurs in southern Australia, ranging from Houtman Abrolhos in Western Australia to Adelaide in South Australia (Ref. 6871). Also Ref. 43278.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/as.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.csiro.au/
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Last, P.R. and J.D. Stevens, 1994
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Requin-tapis cordonnier, Tapicero zapatudo, قِرش-بِساط إسكافي, ... more

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Elasmobranchii (sharks and rays) > Orectolobiformes (Carpet sharks) > Orectolobidae (Carpet or nurse sharks)
Etymology: Sutorectus: sutor, Latin fopr cobbler, referring to Cobbler Carpet Shark or Cobbler Wobbegong, its local name in South and Western Australia; orektos (Gr.), stretched out, presumably referring to its long nasal barbels and/ or alluding to its affinity with the closely related genus Orectolobus. (See ETYFish);  tentaculatus: -atus (L.), provided with: tentacule (L.), feeler, i.e., small tentacle, referring to unbranched dermal lobes (nasal barbels) on head (“tentaculis cutaneis simplicibus”). (See ETYFish).
  More on author: Peters.

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

Marine; reef-associated; depth range 0 - 35 m (Ref. 106604).   Temperate; 26°S - 35°S, 113°E - 139°E (Ref. 54916)

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Eastern Indian Ocean: Australia.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?, range 65 - ? cm
Max length : 92.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 247)

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Found inshore on the continental shelf (Ref. 6871). Frequents rocky and coral reef areas. Biology almost unknown. Ovoviviparous (Ref. 6871). May possibly grow to 200 or 300 cm TL.

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Ovoviviparous, embryos feed solely on yolk (Ref. 50449).

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Compagno, L.J.V., 1984. FAO Species Catalogue. Vol. 4. Sharks of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of shark species known to date. Part 1 - Hexanchiformes to Lamniformes. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(4/1):1-249. Rome, FAO. (Ref. 247)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 18 February 2015

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Traumatogenic




Human uses

Fisheries: of no interest
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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 16.9 - 22.5, mean 18.2 (based on 64 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 1.0002   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00389 (0.00180 - 0.00842), b=3.12 (2.94 - 3.30), in cm Total Length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  3.8   ±0.6 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilience (Ref. 120179):  Low, minimum population doubling time 4.5 - 14 years (Fec assumed to be <100).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  High vulnerability (57 of 100).