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Spotted wobbegong
Conservation status
	; Near Threatened (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia;
Phylum:	Chordata;
Class:	Chondrichthyes;
Subclass:	Elasmobranchii;
Order:	Orectolobiformes;
Family:	Orectolobidae;
Genus:	Orectolobus;
Species:	O. maculatus;
Binomial name
	Orectolobus maculatus; (Bonnaterre, 1788)
	Range of spotted wobbegong (in blue)

The spotted wobbegong, Orectolobus maculatus, is a carpet shark in the family Orectolobidae, found in the eastern Indian Ocean from Western Australia to southern Queensland, between latitudes 20° S to 40° S. It reaches a length of 3 metres (10 feet).^[1]

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^ Kindersley, Dorling (2001,2005). Animal. New York City: DK Publishing. ISBN 0-7894-7764-5.

"Orectolobus maculatus". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. may 2006 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2006.