Species Orectolobus wardi Whitley, 1939
Northern Wobbegong, North Australian Wobbegong, Wards Wobbegong
- Orectolobus wardi Whitley, G.P. 1939. Studies in Ichthyology No. 12. Records of the Australian Museum 20(4): 264-277 figs 1-3 [264].
Type data:
Holotype AM IA.7784, Cape Keith, Melville Island, NT.
Generic Combinations
- Sutorectus wardi (Whitley, 1939). —
Paxton, J.R., Hoese, D.F., Allen, G.R. & Hanley, J.E. (eds) 1989. Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Pisces: Petromyzontidae to Carangidae. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service Vol. 7 665 pp. [73] (earliest usage of combination not researched)
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Coral Bay, WA to Thursday Island, QLD (142º13´E); tropical, also New Guinea and Indonesia
IMCRA
Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Other Regions
Territory of Ashmore & Cartier Islands, Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater
Distribution References
Ecological Descriptors
Benthic, coral reef, inshore, marine, soft bottom.
General References
Compagno, L.J.V. & Niem, V.H. 1998. Families Squatinidae, Heterodontidae, Parascylliidae, Brachaeluridae, Orectolobidae, Hemiscylliidae. pp. 1235-1259 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, V.H. (eds). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 2 687-1396 pp. [1248]
Munro, I.S.R. 1961. Handbook of Australian fishes. Nos 1–42. Australian Fisheries Newsletter 15–17, 19, 20: 1-172 [published as separates 1956–1961] [5] (28)
Paxton, J.R., Hoese, D.F., Allen, G.R. & Hanley, J.E. (eds) 1989. Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Pisces: Petromyzontidae to Carangidae. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service Vol. 7 665 pp. [93] (as Sutorectus wardi)
Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [33] (25)
Common Name References
Compagno, L.J.V. 1984. FAO Species Catalogue. Sharks of the World. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of shark species known to date. Hexanchiformes to Lamniformes. FAO Fisheries Synopsis No. 125. Rome : FAO Vol. 4(1) pp. 1-249. [185] (Northern Wobbegong)
Compagno, L.J.V. 2001. Sharks of the World. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of shark species known to date. Bullhead, mackerel and carpet sharks (Heterodontiformes, Lamniformes and Orectolobiformes). Rome : FAO, FAO Species Catalogue for Fisheries Purposes No. 1 Vol. 2 269 pp. [160] (North Australian Wobbegong)
Last, P.R. & Stevens, J.D. 1994. Sharks and Rays of Australia. Canberra : CSIRO Australia 513 pp. 84 pls. [132] (Wards Wobbegong)
Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Northern Wobbegong)
History of changes
Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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05-Jun-2024 | ELASMOBRANCHII | 16-Apr-2024 | MODIFIED | |
16-Apr-2012 | 16-Apr-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
12-Feb-2010 | (import) |