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Elasmobranchii (sharks and rays) > Orectolobiformes (Carpet sharks) > Orectolobidae (Carpet or nurse sharks)
Etymology: Orectolobus: orektos (Gr.), stretched out; lobus (L.), from lobos (Gr.), rounded projection or protuberance, referring to long nasal barbels of Squalus barbatus (=O. maculatus). (See ETYFish); halei: In honor of Herbert M. Hale (1895-1963), Director of the South Australian Museum. (See ETYFish).
More on author: Whitley.

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Marine; demersal; depth range 0 - 195 m (Ref. 106604). Temperate

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Eastern Indian Ocean: off Western Australia.

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Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 256 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 106604)

The maximum size was based on jaws of a specimen in the personal collection of M. Harris (Harris, 2015, pers. comm.); but reported lengths up to 290 cm and 300 cm TL need further confirmation (Ref. 106604).

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Huveneers, C., 2006. Redescription of two species of wobbegongs (Chondrichthyes: Orectolobidae) with elevation of Orectolobus halei Whitley 1940 to species level. Zootaxa 1284:29-51. (Ref. 58832)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 126983)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 23 March 2015

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

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Orectolobus halei Whitley, 1940