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	Florida Museum of Natural History Ichthyology Department: Spotted Wobbegong
		The spotted wobbegong is native to the western Pacific Ocean, particularly in Japanese and Australian waters and in the South China Sea.
		Spotted wobbegong sharks are also characterized by the presense of large spiracles, nasoral and circumnarial grooves, and the absence of caudal keels and ridges on the body.
		The onchobothriid tetraphyllidean cestode is one known parasite of the spotted wobbegong.
	www.flmnh.ufl.edu /fish/Gallery/Descript/SpotWobbegong/SpotWobbegong.html (908 words)

	Banded Wobbegong, Orectolobus ornatus
		The similar Spotted Wobbegong, O.maculatus, is most commonly found in temperate Australian coastal waters from southern Queensland to south-western Western Australia.
		The Banded Wobbegong is usually seen in clear water on inshore reefs and offshore islands to depths of at least 50 m.
		It is generally not aggressive, however it should be considered as potentially dangerous due to its large size (up to 3 m in length) and sharp teeth.
	www.amonline.net.au /fishes/fishfacts/fish/oornatus.htm (332 words)

	Spartanburg SC \| GoUpstate.com \| Spartanburg Herald-Journal
		Wobbegong is the common name given to the eight species of carpet sharks in the family Orectolobidae.
		Wobbegongs are well camouflaged with a symmetrical pattern of bold markings which resembles carpet.
		Although wobbegongs do not eat humans, humans frequently eat wobbegongs; the flesh of a wobbegong or other shark is called flake and it is often used in fish and chips in Australia.
	www.goupstate.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=wobbegong (336 words)

	Molecular Ecology Lab -Wobbegong Sharks
		Wobbegongs (Orectolobidae) are inshore benthic sharks inhabiting continental shelves of the southwest Pacific.
		Wobbegongs are harvested in Australian ocean trap and line fisheries popular for their marketable flesh, often being sold under misleading market names such as ‘flake’;.
		In this project we are conducting an assessment of the evolutionary history and the population genetic structure of wobbegong sharks in Australia and in the Indo-Pacific.
	www.bio.mq.edu.au /molecularecology/woobegongs.htm (455 words)

	Science Fair Projects - Wobbegong
		Wobbegongs are bottom-dwelling sharks which spend much of their time resting on the sea floor, often among rocks or under ledges.
		Wobbegongs are well camouflaged with a symmetrical pattern of bold markings which resembles carpet.
		Although wobbegongs do not eat humans, humans frequently eat wobbegongs; the flesh of a wobbegong or other shark is called flake and it is often used in fish and chips in Australia.
	www.all-science-fair-projects.com /science_fair_projects_encyclopedia/Orectolobidae (510 words)

	ADW: Orectolobus maculatus: Information
		Spotted wobbegong are generally found in inshore waters off the southern and southeastern coasts of Australia, from the Fremantle region in Western Australia to Moreton Island in southern Queensland (Pollard et al, 2003).
		Spotted wobbegongs can also be characterized by their large spiracles, a lack of dermal tubercles or ridges on the back, a symphisial groove on the chin, and nasoral and circumnarial grooves.
		This feeding mechanism in spotted wobbegongs is very similar to that of Squatinidae (angel sharks) except that the prey in angel sharks is taken from above as opposed to in front of the mouth as it is in spotted wobbegong.
	animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu /site/accounts/information/Orectolobus_maculatus.html (2513 words)

	Shedd Aquarium
		This wobbegong’s mouth is quite large with very distinctive barbels or flaps of skin used in tasting and feeling that hang from its mouth.
		Japanese wobbegong sharks live on coral and rocky reefs in the channels or on sand flats to depths of 40 m (130 feet).
		Young wobbegongs hide in deep reef holes, caves and crevices until they are large enough to fend for themselves.
	www.sheddaquarium.org /sea/fact_sheets_print.cfm?id=68 (1310 words)

	Spotted Wobbegong, Orectolobus maculatus
		A juvenile Spotted Wobbegong at a depth of 5m, Shiprock, Port Hacking, Sydney, New South Wales.
		A Spotted Wobbegong at a depth of 23m, Shark Point, Sydney, New South Wales.
		The Spotted Wobbegong can be recognised by the skin flaps around the snout margin and the distinctive colour pattern of dark saddles and white rings on a yellow to greenish-brown background.
	www.amonline.net.au /fishes/students/focus/gwobbe.htm (273 words)

	World Wide Words: Wobbegong
		The wobbegong disguises itself so well on the sea floor that unwary divers often step on it.
		A textbook on biology describes it as “small, sluggish and cryptic”, this last epithet meaning not that it speaks in riddles but that it is well camouflaged.
		Though a normally inoffensive member of the shark clan, even a wobbegong may take umbrage at such descriptions, or to being stepped on, and bite the unwary.
	www.worldwidewords.org /weirdwords/ww-wob1.htm (215 words)

	Ornate Wobbegong (Orectolobus ornatus) Orectolobidae. (Site not responding. Last check: )
		All wobbegongs have a similar flattened body shape with differing colour patterns and dermal lobes or tassels of skin around the head and jaws that helps us to differentiate between species.
		While wobbegongs tend to be more active at night, they are opportunistic feeders taking a meal at any time that suits their cantankerous disposition.
		Care should be taken when wading or diving in the vicinity of wobbegongs as their perfect camouflage can trick the unwary, an excuse unacceptable to the grumpy wobbegong.
	www.marinethemes.com /ornatewobbe.html (293 words)

	Spotted Wobbegong
		The spotted wobbegongs around Julian Rocks are all around the three meter mark and look quite impressive when they swim straight towards you.
		Just like all wobbegongs it is able to turn around in a split second and bite the diver that touched its tail......
		The spotted wobbegong is much paler and has distinctive circles over its body.
	www.planula.com.au /dive/uwphoto2001/large/spottedwobbegong.html (105 words)

	NATURE. The Secret World of Sharks and Rays. Printable Page \| PBS
		The Wobbegong, or Carpet shark, is a pudgy, toad-like bottom dweller common along the coast of Australia and the warm waters around other Pacific islands.
		As THE SECRET WORLD OF SHARKS AND RAYS shows, the Wobbegong has short, wiggly tendrils around its mouth that resemble seaweed, fooling small fish into thinking the shark is a place to hide.
		Off Australia, the Wobbegong "is usually the first shark a diver encounters," says Stephen Bilson, a Down Under diver who runs a Web page dedicated to sharks.
	www.pbs.org /wnet/nature/sharks/print/wobbegong.html (932 words)

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