Ornate wobbegong: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the ornate wobbegong lives – recorded in 1 country, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Orectolobus ornatus
Group	Sharks
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	1 country
Continents	Oceania
Class	Cartilaginous fish
Order	Orectolobiformes
Family	Orectolobidae

Where does the ornate wobbegong live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the ornate wobbegong in 1 country or territory across Oceania.

Australia

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the ornate wobbegong endangered?

The ornate wobbegong’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the ornate wobbegong?

The ornate wobbegong (Orectolobus ornatus) is a cartilaginous fish in the order Orectolobiformes and the family Orectolobidae, genus Orectolobus. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the ornate wobbegong

The ornate wobbegong (Orectolobus ornatus) is a species of carpet shark that lives in Australia and possibly other countries in the Western Pacific Ocean. It is coloured golden brown, yellow-green and blueish-grey, and it grows to maximum 120 centimetres (3.9 ft). Described by Charles Walter De Vis in 1883, it is similar in appearance to other Australian wobbegongs and has previously been classified as the same species as the Gulf wobbegong. It is a nocturnal species, hunting at night, and it can bite humans when disturbed. The International Union for Conservation of Nature has listed it as a least-concern species.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Ornate wobbegong (revision 1370000081), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q31788 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).