Orectolobus reticulatus

Orectolobus reticulatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Chondrichthyes
Subclass:	Elasmobranchii
Order:	Orectolobiformes
Family:	Orectolobidae
Genus:	Orectolobus
Species:	O. reticulatus
Binomial name
Orectolobus reticulatus Last, Pogonoski & W. T. White, 2008

The network wobbegong (Orectolobus reticulatus) is a recently described species of carpet shark found in relatively shallow waters off north-western Australia.^[1] With a known maximum length of only 52.3 centimetres (20.6 in),^[2] it may be the smallest species of wobbegong.

References

1. ^ Last, P.R., J.J. Pogonoski, & W. T. White. (2008). Orectolobus reticulatus sp. nov., a new wobbegong shark (Orectolobiformes: Orectolobidae) from the continental shelf of northwestern Australia. 39–47 in: Last, P.R., W. T. White, & J.J. Pogonoski, J.J. (eds). Descriptions of new Australian chondrichthyans. CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research Paper 22: 1–358 [40, figs 1-3].
2. ^ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2010). "Orectolobus reticulatus" in FishBase. February 2010 version.