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Dwarf Spotted Wobbegong
Orectolobus parvimaculatus
The dwarf spotted wobbegong (Orectolobus parvimaculatus) is a small-bodied predatory carpet shark in the family Orectolobidae, first discovered and described in 2008. It is native to the Eastern Indian Ocean where it inhabits the demersal zone.
Endemic to the waters off southwestern Australia, the dwarf spotted wobbegong is found at depths of 9–135 metres (30–443 ft) in continental shelf waters extending from Shark Bay to Mandurah in Western Australia.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 107867.