Image: Spotted Wobbegong at Brush Island
A Spotted Wobbegong at a depth of 18 m, Brush Island, New South Wales, 1 March 2009.
- Photographer:
- Steve Dreezer
- Rights:
- © Steve Dreezer
- Common name:
- Spotted Wobbegong
- Scientific name:
- Orectolobus maculatus
- Family:
- Orectolobidae
- Order:
- Orectolobiformes
Additional information
Steve Dreezer said, "The dive site is on the north-eastern side of the island close to the wreck of the Northern Firth. Brush island has a large wobbegong population and on this dive we saw around 6 different sharks, but I have seen over twenty in a previous dive".
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Tags fishes, ichthyology, Spotted Wobbegong, Orectolobidae, Orectolobus maculatus, marine, shark,
