Orectolobidae

LARSON, HELEN K., WILLIAMS, REX S. & HAMMER, MICHAEL P., 2013, <strong> An annotated checklist of the fishes of the Northern Territory, Australia </ strong>, Zootaxa 3696 (1), pp. 1-293 : 13

Orectolobidae

(wobbegongs)

Eucrossorhinus dasypogon ( Bleeker, 1867)

Tasselled Wobbegong

Crossorhinus dasypogon Bleeker, 1867: 400 (Waigiu and Aru, Indonesia).

Eucrossorhinus dasypogon — Compagno 1984: 179–180 (Northern Territory); Russell and Houston 1989: 79 (Arafura Sea); Last and Stevens 1994: 127 (northern Australia; map); Compagno 2001: 152 (Northern Territory); Hoese et al. 2006: 119 (NT; Gulf of Carpentaria, N coast).

Orectolobus reticulatus Last, Pogonoski and White, 2008 Network Wobbegong ? Orectolobus tentaculatus — McCulloch 1929: 7 (Northern Territory).? Sutorectus tentaculatus — Paxton et al. 1989: 92–93 (NT). Orectolobus wardi — Larson and Williams 1997: 343 (East Arm, Darwin Harbour); Compagno 2001: 160 (Northern Territory); Hoese et al. 2006: 120 (NT; Gulf of Carpentaria, N coast). Orectolobus reticulatus Last, Pogonoski and White, 2008: 40–46 (East Arm, Darwin Harbour, Northern Territory).

The two NT Orectolobus wobbegongs have been much confused (Last et al. 2008) and our literature assignments may be not correct.

Orectolobus wardi Whitley, 1939 Northern Wobbegong? Scyllium maculatum — Macleay 1878: 366 (Port Darwin). Scylliorhinus maculatus — Compagno 1984: 183 (Northern Territory); Paxton et al. 1989: 91 (NT); Compagno

2001: 156 (“possibly not Northern Territory ”); Hoese et al. 2006: 120 (NT; Gulf of Carpentaria, N coast). Orectolobus wardi Whitley, 1939b: 264 (Cape Keith, Melville Island, Northern Territory).

Gulf of Carpentaria.