Image: Banded Carpet Shark, Orectolobus halei
Neotype of the Banded Carpet Shark from the Australian Museum Ichthyology Collection (AMS I.43628-002).
- Photographer:
- Charlie Huveneers
- Rights:
- © Charlie Huveneers
- Common name:
- Banded Carpet Shark
- Scientific name:
- Orectolobus halei
- Family:
- Orectolobidae
- Order:
- Orectolobiformes
Additional information
Orectolobus halei was originally described in 1940 by the Australian Museum's fish curator Gilbert Whitley, as a subspecies (Orectolobus ornatus halei). Charlie Huveneers' paper redescribed the species and elevated it to full species status.
A standard name for the species has not been assigned. The species has also been called the Gulf Wobbegong and Banded Wobbegong.
Reference:
Huveneers, C. 2006. Redescription of two species of wobbegongs (Chondrichthys: Orectolobidae) with elevation of Orectolbus halei Whitley 1940 to species level. Zootaxa. 1284: 29-51.
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Tags fishes, ichthyology, Orectolobidae, Banded Carpet Shark, Orectolobus halei, Gulf Wobbegong, Banded Wobbegong, Orectolobidae,
