Redescription of two species of wobbegongs (Chondrichthyes: Orectolobidae) with elevation of Orectolobus halei Whitley 1940 to species level

• Published in: Zootaxa
• Main Author: HUVENEERS, CHARLIE
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Mangolia Press 2006
• Subjects: Pisces; Marine Mammal Research Group; Graduate School of the Environment; Macquarie University; North Ryde; NSW; 2109; Australia; Norwegian Bay
• Online Access: https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.1284.1.2

Two closely related species of the genus Orectolobus (Orectolobidae), O. ornatus (De Vis) and O. halei Whitley, are redescribed based on fresh material from temperate eastern Australia. Although described as a subspecies by Whitley (1940), O. halei was formerly synonymized with O. ornatus because of...