FAO Species Identification Guide for Fishery Purposes Western

Orectolobidae 1247
Eucrossorhinus dasypogon (Bleeker, 1867)
En - Tasselled wobbegong; Fr - Requin-tapis barbu; Sp - Tapicero barbudo.
Maximum total length about 1.25 m. A little-known inshore bottom shark, present on coral reefs.
Probably feeds on bottom invertebrates and fishes. Of minor importance to fisheries; the tough skin
is sometimes used for leather. Known from Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, and northern Australia.
(after Last and Stevens, 1994)
Orectolobus japonicus Regan, 1906
En - Japanese wobbegong; Fr - Requin-tapis moustache; Sp - Tapicero japonés.
Maximum total length at least 1 m. A little-known inshore bottom shark, nocturnal in habits. Feeds
on fish, and presumably on bottom invertebrates. Interest to fisheries probably limited; caught in set
nets in Japan and used for human consumption; also taken in China, Korea, and Viet Nam.
Distributed from Japan and Korea southward to Viet Nam and the Philippines.
Orectolobus maculatus (Bonnaterre, 1788)
En - Spotted wobbegong; Fr - Requin-tapis tacheté; Sp - Tapicero manchado.
Maximum total length about 3.2 m; commonly between 1.5 and 1.8 m. An abundant, mostly inshore
bottom shark but taken in depths to at least 110 m. Nocturnal, feeds on bottom invertebrates and
fishes. Interest to fisheries limited, sometimes utilized for its meat and leather; commonly caught in
trawls, beach seines, trammel nets, in lobster pots and traps, and with line gear. Western Australia
to southern Queensland; possibly Japan and South China Sea.
(after Last and Stevens, 1994)
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