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The Gulf wobbegong or banded wobbegong (''Orectolobus halei'') is a species of carpet shark in the family Orectolobidae, found in southern Australia between Southport, Queensland and Norwegian Bay, Western Australia.〔Clark, M. (2006). ''(Wobbegong sharks redescribed. )'' Practical Fishkeeping〕 ''O. halei'' is very similar to the ornate wobbegong, ''O. ornatus'', of which it was treated as a synonym until 2006.〔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.〕 Despite this, genetic evidence suggests that ''O. halei'' is more closely related to the largely sympatric spotted wobbegong, ''O. maculatus'', than either are to the generally more northern ''O. ornatus''.〔Corrigan, S., C. Huveneers, T. S. Schwartz, R. G. Harcourt, and L. B. Beheregaray (2008). ''Genetic and reproductive evidence for two species of ornate wobbegong shark Orectolobus spp. on the Australian east coast.'' Journal of Fish Biology 73: 1662–1675.〕 Compared to ''O. ornatus'', ''O. halei'' has more dermal lobes at the posterior preorbital group, a shorter pelvic fin to anal fin interspace, larger pectoral fins, a larger head and larger claspers when mature.〔 It also reaches a significantly larger size, growing to a maximum length of , while ''O. ornatus'' only reaches .〔Marsh, N. (2007/08). ''(Wobbegong Update... )'' Sportdiving 125: 66-68.〕 Reproduction is ovoviviparous. ==See also== * List of sharks 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Gulf wobbegong」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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