WoRMS taxon details
Orectolobus wardi Whitley, 1939
281933 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:281933)
accepted
Species
Sutorectus wardi (Whitley, 1939) · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Whitley, G. P. (1939). Studies in ichthyology. No. 12. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> v. 20 (no. 4): 264-277. [details]
Holotype AM IA-7784, geounit North Australia
Holotype AM IA-7784, geounit North Australia [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Orectolobus wardi Whitley, 1939. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=281933 on 2026-07-10
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Nomenclature
original description
Whitley, G. P. (1939). Studies in ichthyology. No. 12. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> v. 20 (no. 4): 264-277. [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
additional source
Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source Compagno, L.J.V. (2001). Sharks of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of shark species known to date. Volume 2. Bullhead, mackerel and carpet sharks (Heterodontiformes, Lamniformes and Orectolobiformes). <em>FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes.</em> No. 1, Vol. 2. Rome, FAO. 269p. [details]
additional source Compagno, L.J.V. (2001). Sharks of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of shark species known to date. Volume 2. Bullhead, mackerel and carpet sharks (Heterodontiformes, Lamniformes and Orectolobiformes). <em>FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes.</em> No. 1, Vol. 2. Rome, FAO. 269p. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype AM IA-7784, geounit North Australia [details]
Unreviewed
Habitat A little-known but possibly common tropicalinshore bottom shark of the Australian northern
continental shelf. Occurs on shallow-water reefs in water
less than 3 m deep, often in turbid areas. [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | northern wobbegongNorth Australian wobbegong | [details] |
| French | requin-tapis savetier | [details] |
| Spanish | tapicero zapatilla | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (21 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Orectolobus wardi)
To FAO Species fact sheets
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Sutorectus wardi (Whitley, 1939))
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Orectolobus wardi)
To FAO Species fact sheets
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Sutorectus wardi (Whitley, 1939))
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
