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            <p> Orectolobus floridus new species</p>
            <p>(Fig. 1; Table 1)</p>
            <p>Holotype. CSIRO H 6168–02, 750 mm TL, mature male, off Green Head, Western Australia, 30° 0 3′S, 114° 58′E, caught by demersal gillnet, 45 m, 7 Apr. 2003.</p>
            <p>Paratypes. Five specimens. CSIRO H 5936–01, 675 mm TL, female, south of Geraldton, Western Australia, 29° 54′S, 114° 30′E, caught by demersal gillnet, 85 m, 23 Apr. 2001; CSIRO H 6168–01, 728 mm TL, mature male, same data as holotype; CSIRO H 6169–01, 714 mm TL, female, north-west of Cape Naturaliste, Western Australia, 33° 27′E, 114° 48′E, caught by demersal gillnet, 45 m, 13 Feb. 2003; CSIRO H 6490–01, 708 mm TL, female, south-east of Cape Leeuwin, Western Australia, 34° 33′E, 115° 28′E, caught by demersal gillnet, 46 m, 1 Dec. 2006; WAM P 32869–001, 674 mm TL, female, south of Augusta, Western Australia, 34° 31′E, 115° 13′E, caught by demersal gillnet, 42 m, 15 Mar. 2007.</p>
            <p>Holotype Paratypes</p>
            <p>CSIRO n=3 Holotype Paratypes</p>
            <p> CSIRO n=3 Diagnosis. A small  Orectolobus (to about 750 mm TL) with the following: strongly ornamented, mottled yellowish brown dorsal coloration when fresh; black spots on the side of the head; nasal barbel with two simple lobes; postspiracular lobes poorly developed, distance across preorbital group 1.2–1.4 times interspace between preorbital group and postspiracular lobe (PO/PO–PS1), 12–14 times base length of anterior postspiracular lobe (PO/PS1); base of anterior postspiracular lobe 9–12 in its distance from postorbital group (PO– PS1/PS1), 5–6 in its distance from posterior postspiracular lobe (PS1–PS2/PS1); a weak tubercle above eye; no wart-like tubercles on back; dorsal fins low, raked, not upright; first dorsal-fin origin over mid pelvic-fin base; interdorsal space 0.3–0.4 times anal-fin base length; anal-fin inner margin 1.1–1.2 times anal-fin posterior margin; teeth in upper jaw 18–20, medial row at symphysis of upper jaw absent; monospondylous centra 47–52; total vertebral centra 145–150. </p>
            <p>Description. Body elongate, moderately depressed anteriorly and relatively firm-bodied; trunk weakly depressed to subcylindrical, depth relatively uniform, constricted at pelvic-fin insertion; tail subcircular in cross-section, becoming more compressed posteriorly. Head moderately broad, somewhat oval with truncate anterior when viewed from above, moderately depressed, height at eye 6.0 (5.6–6.1)% TL; abdomen relatively elongate, pectoral to pelvic space 19.7 (19.2–21.0)% TL, 0.93 (0.93–0.98) of head length; pelvic to anal space 2.32 (2.35–2.86) times anal-fin base; caudal peduncle absent, ventral origin of caudal fin connected to anal-fin insertion; posterior tail strongly compressed, narrowly oval in cross section at anal-caudal junction, height 1.06 (1.09–1.22) times width at second dorsal-fin insertion, 1.62 (1.53–1.80) times width at anal-fin insertion.</p>
            <p>Snout short, bluntly pointed in lateral view, almost truncate to broadly rounded in dorsoventral view, apex indented slightly; preoral length 1 (0.8–1)% TL, 9.8 (9.7–12.8) in mouth width; prenarial snout 1.14 (1.16– 1.26) times eye length. Eyes small, slit-like, dorsolateral on head, length 10.6 (10.6–11.1) in head length; supraorbital ridges present; lower ridge extending along dorsal length of eye, terminating in a single, short bulbous tubercle; upper ridge extending from anterior eye and curving around hind margin of eye posteriorly; deep supraocular pocket separating ridges over posterior half of eye; ridges and associated pockets more pronounced posteriorly; subocular pockets relatively weak, curved, length subequal to eye length; interorbit almost flat, intereye distance 2.83 (2.93–3.15) times eye length, 0.99 (0.97–1.01) times direct preorbital length, 0.68 (0.66–0.69) times direct prespiracular length, 1.72 (1.73–1.75) times spiracle length; moderate pit on midsnout, extending forward to tip of snout as a shallow groove. Spiracles slit-like, lateral, oblique to longitudinal axis, much longer than eye, origin slightly forward of hind margin of eye; anterior margin thickened, weakly concave, forming a marginal ridge flanked internally by a shallow medial depression; posterior margin poorly defined, almost flat, shelving into spiracular cavity. Gill slits relatively short, mid-lateral on head, upper edge becoming progressively more elevated posteriorly; second slit above pectoral-fin origin; last gill slit longest, 1.29 (1.27–1.60) times 4th, located slightly forward of midbase of pectoral fin. Mouth large, subterminal, horizontally expanded, arched forward slightly, width 9.5 (9.7–10)% TL, 1.46 (1.38–1.42) in head width at eye; upper labial furrows originating below nostrils; lower labial furrows longer, almost connected at symphysis of lower jaw, length 0.44 (0.42–0.44) of mouth width; symphysial groove deep, well developed, length subequal to distance between lower labial furrows. Teeth relatively large, unicuspid; 20 (18–20, n=4) series in upper jaw, 17 (17) in lower jaw, typically in 2–3 rows; upper teeth not exposed when mouth closed, two upper symphysial canines, much larger than those adjacent, small median series absent; three lower symphysial canines, of similar size to those in upper jaw; teeth decreasing slightly in size laterally, often partly embedded or acuspid posteriorly. Nostrils small, well separated, internarial space 4.6 (4.4–4.6)% TL; adjacent upper lip of mouth; circumnarial folds well developed, projecting anteriorly. Nasal barbel terminal on head, 4.0 (4.0–4.5)% TL, slightly depressed to almost rounded, weakly tapering, proboscis-like distally; posterior lobe well-developed, simple, fleshy, originating at inner basal third margin of barbel; barbel slightly shorter than upper labial furrow. Dermal lobes poorly developed; PO1 with 2 (rarely 3), short, slender, simple lobes; PO2 with 2 larger (up to twice length of PO1 lobes), more flattened, complex lobes, weakly bilobate; PS1 with one short, flattened lobe, expanded distally with entire or weakly lobate outer margins; PS2 smaller than PS1, simple, narrow or weakly thallate, mostly bluntly pointed distally; PO distance 1.30 (1.20–1.37) times PO–PS1 interspace; PO distance 13.9 (12.3–13.8) times PS1 base length; PO–PS1 interspace 10.7 (9.2–11.5) times PS1 base length; PS1–PS2 interspace 6.23 (4.65–5.77) times PS1 base length.</p>
            <p>C Dermal denticles on side minute, weakly imbricated to fully compacted (those on top of head abutting); skin somewhat velvety; pedicel short; crown quadrangular, acuspid, smooth dorsally, lateral margin entire. Spiracular denticles on lower surface in three general bands; quadrangular denticles on side of head penetrating slightly into interspiracular space; median band of 6–8 long, upright, spiny denticles, sharply defined from outer band; 2–3 rows of scythe-like, denticles along innermost margin; knife and scythe-like denticles on inner fringe of spiracle, decreasing in size toward opening. Clasper robust, glans expanded slightly with apical spongiform tissue mass.</p>
            <p>Dorsal fins subtriangular, relatively low, raked slightly, not upright, height of first 1.1 (1.04–1.12) times height of second; similar in size and shape, apex broadly rounded, anterior margins almost straight, posterior margins broadly to weakly convex, directed posteroventrally from top to bottom; free rear tip of first weakly angular to bluntly rounded, more pointed in second dorsal fin; first dorsal-fin origin over mid pelvic-fin base, second originating well behind rear tip of pelvic fin; first dorsal-fin margin 0.88 (0.75–0.87) times spiracle length. Pectoral fin relatively small, lobate, length 14.0 (13.7–14.3)% TL; base fleshy; inner margin long; anterior margin weakly convex, 2.59 (2.46–2.96) times inner margin; apex broadly rounded, posterior margin weak to moderately convex; inner margin almost straight (usually deeply concave in paratypes), free rear tip broadly rounded. Pelvic fins small, length 13.6 (12.2–12.9)% TL, anterior margin weakly convex to straight, apex broadly rounded, posterior margin weakly convex (strongly convex in most paratypes); free rear tip narrowly rounded (more broadly rounded in female paratypes); pelvic-fin origin well forward of dorsal fins, origin to midpoint of first dorsal fin 10.6 (10.1–11.8)% TL. Anal fin well developed, elongate with short posterior margin, directed posteroventrally, lobe-like, base 8.2 (7.9–8.9)% TL, 0.36 (0.28–0.40) in interdorsal space; origin obscure, under or slightly behind second dorsal-fin insertion, anal-fin height 2.34 (2.4–2.81) in base length; anal-fin length 5.19 (5.01–5.17) times posterior margin length; inner margin length 1.15 (1.05– 1.19) times posterior margin length. Caudal fin relatively short, dorsal caudal margin length 17.8 (17.1– 18.2)% TL; origin of upper lobe indistinct, but usually evident as a low ridge; lower lobe well developed, outer margin strongly convex, united at its origin to insertion of anal fin, strongly notched at junction of terminal lobe; terminal lobe deep, broadly rounded ventrally, bluntly angular to broadly rounded dorsally, length 1.24 (1.05–1.19) times spiracle length.</p>
            <p>Spiral valve count not taken. Vertebral counts, n = 6: holotype (5 paratypes): monospondylous centra 48 (47–52, rarely exceeding 49); precaudal centra 105 (101–105, mainly 103–105); caudal centra 45 (41–46, mainly 43–46); total centra 150 (145–150).</p>
            <p>Coloration. Body mainly dark brownish (paratype CSIRO H 5936–01 with much paler dorsal coloration than all other types, but basic pattern otherwise consistent), strongly ornamented on dorsal surface; paler mottled yellowish brown and white ventrally on head and abdomen (variable on paratypes, often with dark spots and diffuse blackish blotches on undersurface of head and belly); ventral tail mostly dark brown with evidence of pale narrow bands. Dorsal head mostly uniformly dark brown; with a prominent, pale, anteriorly directed vshaped bar across interorbit; distinct, large white spot at end of spiracle, approximately half eye length in size; dark saddle extending posteriorly from mid-orbit to above first gill slit; posterior of head with a broad band formed by a cluster of diffuse-edged, whitish, stellate blotches, most evident on mid dorsum; sides of head with about 4–13 scattered, diffuse-edged, black spots, similar in size and equivalent to circumnarial fold; similar spots sometimes present on snout, lower lip and sides of trunk; mouth white; nasal barbel and dermal lobes mostly greyish or brownish, sometimes with pale distal margins. Trunk with 2 prominent brownish saddles, each extending to ventral margin; anterior band originating dorsally above pectoral base then curving posteroventrally to meet ventral profile behind pectoral fin; second saddle larger, about half length of head, also terminating at ventral margin. Interspaces between saddles 1 and 2 and predorsal region with spectacular clusters of diffuse, stellate blotches (also terminating near ventral margin); predorsal clusters extending onto base of pelvic fin and anterior margin of dorsal fin. Tail with an irregular, dark brown band below posterior two-thirds of each dorsal-fin base; interdorsal region and post-dorsal tail with light and dark clusters of similar tone to ornamental bands of trunk; ventral postcloacal tail mostly uniformly dark brown (less distinct on paratype CSIRO H 5936–01). Ventral surface of trunk mottled, mostly white with scattered dark flecks and blotches, concentrated around cloacal region and mouth (more generally distributed in most paratypes); ventral surfaces of pectoral and pelvic fins usually darker than abdomen, their bases usually paler than their distal half. Dorsal fins variable, mostly dark, with 4 broad, dark marginal blotches along anterior and posterior margins, each separated by paler blotches; central parts of fin suffused with white spots. Paired fins mostly dark, dorsally similar to upper body; margins with alternating dark and pale blotches; usually suffused with diffuseedged white spots basally; fin apices pale. Clasper uniformly dark brown, tip of glans white.</p>
            <p>Size. All available specimens are either mature or almost so. Two males were mature at 728 and 750 mm TL. Female paratypes varied from 674 to 714 mm TL.</p>
            <p>Distribution. A micro-endemic known from few individuals, all taken from the inner continental shelf off southwestern Australia between Geraldton (29° 54′S, 114° 30′E) and Augusta (34° 33′S, 115° 28′E) in depths of 42– 85 m.</p>
            <p> Etymology. Derived from the Latin  floridus (abounding in flowers or flowering profusely) with reference to the rich, floral pattern of bands and blotches on the dorsal surface. </p>
            <p>Vernacular. Floral Banded Wobbegong.</p>
            <p> Comparisons.  Orectolobus floridus is a small, distinctive wobbegong with an attractive floral colour pattern unlike any other nominal species of the family. It shares a simple arrangement of dermal lobes with  O. hutchinsi and  O. wardi (mainly 2 simple or weakly lobate lobes vs. 3–6 complex lobes in each of the preorbital groups in  O. halei ,  O. ornatus and  O. maculatus ). Unlike  O. maculatus , it lacks a dorsal colour pattern dominated by pale ocelli but its pattern is more complex than in  O. hutchinsi and  O. wardi .  Eucrossorhinus dasypogon has a much broader head with a much more complex arrangement of dermal lobes, and  Sutorectus tentaculatus has a row of warty tubercles extending along the middle of the head and back (absent in  O. floridus ). Little is known of the biology of  O. floridus but, as all known specimens were taken by gillnet and no material has been presented from trawls, it is likely to live mainly of reefy bottoms. Its dentition, which is similar to  O. hutchinsi , suggests a diet of fishes (evident from radiographs in gut of CSIRO H 6169–01), crustaceans, and possibly cephalopods.  Orectolobus floridus differs in colour and dermal lobe configuration from other wobbegongs. </p>
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	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B40255F103FFC7FF4EF99F3A6414E8	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Last, Peter R.;Chidlow, Justin A.	Last, Peter R., Chidlow, Justin A. (2008): Two new wobbegong sharks, Orectolobus floridus sp. nov. and O. parvimaculatus sp. nov. (Orectolobiformes: Orectolobidae), from southwestern Australia. Zootaxa 1673: 49-67, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.274050
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            <p> Orectolobus parvimaculatus new species</p>
            <p>(Figs 2, 3, 4, 6 A; Table 2)</p>
            <p>Holotype. CSIRO H 5634–01, 885 mm TL, mature male, west of Perth, Western Australia, 31° 52′S, 115° 17′E, demersal gillnet, 87–107 m, 15 Nov. 2000.</p>
            <p>Paratypes. 32 specimens: CSIRO H 5633–01, 876 mm TL, pregnant female (13 late-term embryos – CSIRO H 5633–02, 220 mm TL, immature male, CSIRO H 5633–03, 225 mm TL, immature male, CSIRO H 5633–10, 225 mm TL, immature male, CSIRO H 5633–11, 5 specimens, 225 – 235 mm TL, CSIRO H 5633– 12, 5 specimens, 208–222 mm TL; 6 juveniles from same mother (aquarium raised) – CSIRO H 5633–04, 629 mm TL, immature male, CSIRO H 5633–05, 630 mm TL, female, CSIRO H 5633–06, 593 mm TL, female, CSIRO H 5633–07, 565 mm TL, female, CSIRO H 5633–08, 631 mm TL, immature male, CSIRO H 5633– 0 9, 540 mm TL, female), south-west of Fremantle, Western Australia, 32° 17′S, 115° 14′E, caught by demersal gillnet, 88 - 108 m, 22 Nov. 2000; CSIRO H 6170–01, 910 mm TL, female, north-west of Perth, west of Lancelin, Western Australia, 30° 56′S, 114° 56′E, caught by demersal gillnet, 50 m, 0 6 Apr. 2003; CSIRO H 6171–01, 943 mm TL, female, CSIRO H 6172–01, 889 mm TL, mature male, southern Western Australia, caught by gillnet, 2002; CSIRO H 6188–01, 854 mm TL, mature male, south of Geraldton, north-west of Green Head, Western Australia, 29° 53′S, 114° 29′E, caught by demersal gillnet, 84 m, 17 Oct. 2004; CSIRO H 6192–01, 880 mm TL, female, CSIRO H 6192–02, 895 mm TL, female, south of Geraldton, west of Green Head, Western Australia, 29° 57′S, 114° 31′E, caught by demersal gillnet, 79 m, 16 Oct. 2004; WAM P 32871–001, 880 mm TL, female, south of Geraldton, west of Green Head, Western Australia, 30° 0 0′S, 114° 32′E, caught by demersal gillnet, 79 m, 15 Oct. 2004; CSIRO H 6505–01, 242 mm TL, female, CSIRO H 6505–02, 240 mm TL, female, Comet Bay, near Mandurah, Western Australia, 32° 26′S, 115° 41′E, caught by prawn trawler, 9 m, 0 1 Feb 2003; WAM P 27279–001, 706 mm TL, mature male, Shark Bay, Western Australia, 26° 54′S, 113° 0 0′E, caught by trawl, 130–135 m, 22 Aug 1979; WAM P 31770–001, 222 mm TL, immature female and 225 mm TL, immature male, Rottnest Island, Western Australia, c. 32° 0 0′S, 115° 36′E, 20 Nov 2000.</p>
            <p>Other material. CSIRO H 5938–01, head only (no length data), female, north-west of Rottnest Island, Western Australia, 31° 54′S, 115° 25′E, 46 m, 28 Jun. 2001; CSIRO H 6187–01, 240 mm TL, immature female, CSIRO H 6187–02, 2 specimens, 210–223 mm TL, immature females, southwestern Western Australia, 2002.</p>
            <p> Diagnosis. A small  Orectolobus (to about 940 mm TL) with the following: coloration variable, rich, brownish, greyish and/or yellowish dorsal colour pattern overlain with dense coverage of pale irregular streaks and large, ring-like ocelli; dorsal fins with alternating dark and light marginal blotches suffused with pale reticulations; dark saddles on tail converging strongly toward ventral surface; ventral surface of trunk mainly uniformly pale; nasal barbel distinctly bilobed; postspiracular lobes well developed, thallate, distance across preorbital group 1.8–2.5 times interspace between preorbital group and postspiracular lobe (PO/PO– PS1), 5.6–8.7 times base length of anterior postspiracular lobe (PO/PS1); base of anterior postspiracular lobe 2.6–4.5 in its distance from postorbital group (PO–PS1/PS1), 1.4–2.6 in its distance from posterior postspiracular lobe (PS1–PS2/PS1); no warty tubercles on back or above eye; dorsal fins tall, upright in adult males; first dorsal-fin origin over mid pelvic-fin base; tip of pelvic fin below or slightly forward of insertion of first dorsal fin; interdorsal space 0.6–0.8 times anal-fin base length; anal-fin inner margin 0.5–0.7 of anal-fin posterior margin; teeth in upper jaw 21–22, medial row at symphysis of upper jaw absent; monospondylous centra 46–49; total vertebral centra 142–149. </p>
            <p>Description. Body strongly depressed anteriorly and firm; trunk slightly depressed, deepest near pectoralfin insertions (over midtrunk in some paratypes); not tapering abruptly at pelvic-fin insertion, tail subcircular in cross-section, not strongly compressed near base of caudal fin. Head broad, somewhat oval in cross-section, with truncate to slightly convex anterior when viewed from above; strongly depressed, height at eye 7.3 (5.9–8.3)% TL; abdomen moderately elongate, pectoral to pelvic space 13.3 (14.4–17.0)% TL, 0.58 (0.63– 0.78) of head length; pelvic to anal space 3.55 (2.78–3.52) times anal-fin base; caudal peduncle rudimentary, caudal fin almost connected to anal-fin insertion, compressed slightly, broadly oval in cross section at analcaudal junction, height 1.14 (0.97–1.07) times width at second dorsal-fin insertion, 1.58 (1.39–1.62) times width at anal-fin insertion.</p>
            <p>Snout short, narrowly rounded in lateral view, almost truncate to broadly convex in dorsoventral view; expanded above nostrils dorsally; preorbital pit present, connected to snout tip by a shallow groove at midline; apex not indented anteriorly (slightly indented in some paratypes); preoral length 0.7 (0.8–1.1)% TL, 15.1 (10.2–13.1) in mouth width; prenarial snout 1.10 (1.07–1.45) times eye length. Eyes dorsal on head, small, slit-like, length 2.1 (1.7–2.3)% TL, 10.9 (9.7–13.6) in head length, supraorbital crest elevated slightly over and behind eye, tubercle absent; subocular pockets well-developed, curved, their length slightly longer than eye; interorbit flat to weakly concave, inter-eye distance 3.43 (2.82–4.12) times eye length, 1.12 (1.06–1.14) times direct preorbital length, 0.77 (0.70–0.79) times direct prespiracular length, 2.19 (1.90–2.18) times spiracle length. Spiracles large, slit-like, oblique to horizontal axis, much longer than eye; anterior margin concave, well elevated above flattened posterior margin (sometimes appearing as a raised fleshy ridge); posterior margin almost flat to forming a slight depression leading into spiracle. Gill slits lateral on head; 2nd over origin of Holotype Paratypes</p>
            <p>CSIRO n=6 Holotype Paratypes</p>
            <p>CSIRO n=6 pectoral fin, 3rd to 5th above pectoral-fin base; last gill slit longest, 1.26 (1.16–1.40) times 4th, located well forward of midbase of pectoral fin; first 4 more or less equally spaced, 4th and 5th closer together; upper edge of slits becoming increasingly more dorsal from 1st to 5th. Mouth large, horizontally expanded, broadly arched, lower jaw slightly inferior, width 10.8 (9.7–11.4)% TL, 1.45 (1.34–1.52) in head width at eye; upper labial furrows originating at nostrils; lower labial furrows longer, almost connected at symphysis of lower jaw, length 0.53 (0.41–0.55) of mouth width; symphysial groove deep, well developed, length subequal to distance between lower labial furrows. Teeth unicuspid, pointed, widely spaced, central cusps not flanked by small lateral cusps; largest near symphysis, 2 enlarged canines in upper jaw, 3 in lower jaw, these teeth about twice length of those adjacent; 21 (21–22, n=6) rows in upper jaw, 19 (17–19) in lower jaw; very small near jaw angle, sometimes acuspid; outer anterior pair of teeth of upper jaw exposed when mouth closed; no rudimentary symphysial canines in upper jaw. Nostrils small, widely separated, internarial space 5.0 (4.4–5.1)% TL; adjacent upper lip of mouth; posterior lobe well developed, forming an expanded tube-like flap. Nasal barbel terminal on head, digitiform, its base flattened, but becoming almost rounded and tapering distally; enlarged, broad-based, flattened, weakly thallate or bifurcate, anterolaterally directed lobe near its midlength; barbel length slightly shorter than upper labial furrow, 3.5 (2.8–3.7)% TL. Dermal lobe band well developed; PO1 with 3–5 (mainly 4), slender, slightly flattened, mainly simple lobes, first and last usually longer than those between; PO2 commencing near jaw angle, with 3 (3-6 in paratypes) slightly larger, more flattened, complex lobes, simple, bi or trilobed (but mainly multilobate); PS1 very broadly thallate with deeply incised outer margin (often weakly bi-lobate), base usually preceded by short, ridge-like, but well-developed lateral skin fold; PS2 thallate, similar in size or slightly smaller than PS1, mainly weakly trilobate; PO distance 1.93 (1.76– 2.48) times PO–PS1 interspace; PO distance 8.70 (5.55–6.72) times PS1 base length; PO–PS1 interspace 4.52 (2.60–3.81) times PS1 base length; PS1–PS2 interspace 2.56 (1.39–2.22) times PS1 base length.</p>
            <p>Dermal denticles on flank minute, tight packed and sometimes imbricate, skin velvety; pedicel short, strong; crown short, arrowhead-shaped, with elevated posterior median ridge; on head and around spiracle crowns more irregular, posterior apex blunt, anterior margin crenulate; innermost denticles of spiracle greatly elongate, bristle-like; no crest of enlarged denticles at base of caudal fin. Clasper elongate, expanded slightly distally, cartilage at glans opening sharp-edged.</p>
            <p>Dorsal fins of mature males similar in shape, stiff, subtriangular, upright, first distinctly larger than second, height of first 1.39 (1.20–1.38) times height of second, with almost straight anterior margins (paratypes less than 64 cm with relatively lower, less upright fins with weakly convex anterior margins and more rounded apices); apices narrowly rounded to bluntly pointed in adults; posterior margins straight to slightly concave; inner margin usually parallel to dorsal surface with free rear tip angular (first dorsal-fin rear tip of holotype damaged slightly); first dorsal-fin origin over mid pelvic-fin base, second originating well behind rear tip of pelvic fin; first dorsal-fin inner margin 1.22 (0.89–1.30) times spiracle length. Pectoral fin large, base fleshy, length 14.6 (14.3–16.6)% TL; anterior margin almost straight (slightly convex in immature paratypes), 3.14 (3.45–3.79) times inner margin; apex bluntly pointed (narrowly rounded in immature paratypes), posterior margin slightly s-shaped in adults (weakly convex in immature paratypes); inner margin mostly strongly convex, free rear tip broadly rounded. Pelvic fins enlarged, length 14.9 (13.1–14.3)% TL; anterior margin weakly convex, apex broadly rounded; posterior margin weakly to moderately convex; inner margin almost straight in adult males (strongly convex in other paratypes), free rear tip angular (broadly rounded in females and juvenile paratypes); pelvic-fin origin well forward of dorsal fins, origin to midpoint of first dorsal fin 9.7 (7.3– 9.5)% TL. Anal fin strongly raked, elongate, lobe-like, well developed; base short, length 6.6 (6.3–7.7)% TL, 0.92 (0.63–0.82) in interdorsal space; posterior margin almost vertical; origin well behind insertion of second dorsal-fin but usually forward of its free-rear tip, anal-fin height 1.90 (1.87–2.25) in base length; anal-fin length 2.29 (2.37–3.46) times posterior margin length; inner margin length 0.68 (0.54–0.71) of posterior margin length. Caudal fin relatively elongate, dorsal caudal margin length 19.0 (18.5–21.2)% TL; origin of upper lobe rarely abrupt; lower lobe well developed, outer margin very strongly convex, united at its origin to insertion of anal fin, deeply notched at junction of terminal lobe; terminal lobe deep, outer margin irregular, expanded, length 1.79 (1.38–1.77) times spiracle length.</p>
            <p>Spiral valve counts 26–28 (n=6, based on discarded non-type specimens). Vertebral counts, n=11: holotype (10 paratypes): monospondylous centra 49 (46–49); precaudal centra 99 (98–103, 4 individuals less than 100); caudal centra 45 (43–48); total centra 144 (142–149, 4 individuals less than 145).</p>
            <p>Coloration. Adult male holotype: dorsal surface yellowish brown with darker brown saddles and blotches suffused with white or bluish white ocelli, reticulations and spots. Head brownish with dense array of fine bluish spots forward of spiracle; indistinct darker brown bars across interorbit from hind half of eye, similar anteroventral bar below eye; dark brown saddle extending over head between spiracles and gill slits; gill membranes dark brown; dark blotches interspersed with white are lateral on head forward of gill membranes; dermal lobes white, often with dusky areas dorsally; very distinctive, large white blotch at posterior edge of spiracle; mid-dorsal region above gills with about 10 large, bluish white ocelli; ocellate markings thin, irregular in shape, similar in size to orbit, occurring more or less bilaterally. Trunk similar to head; two large stellate saddles on midline forward of first dorsal fin, each containing a pair of large ocelli, surrounded by smaller bluish white markings; pale areas between saddles with similar sized ocelli (these define edges of saddles); posterior saddle on dorsolateral surface of similar size and shape; small dark blotch before first dorsal fin. Precaudal tail with 3 irregular dark saddles, below mid-posterior regions of first and second dorsal fins (extending onto fins near their bases) and above anal fin; smaller large lateral blotch between dorsal fins; blotches encroached by ocelli dorsally, by white areas ventrally. Caudal fin with 2 smaller saddles, mottled with brown and white markings; dorsal fins similar to caudal fin; upper surfaces of pectoral and pelvic fins mottled with small blush white ocelli and blotches, and whitish areas; anal fin mostly white with dusky area near anterior margin. Undersurfaces of head, trunk and fins almost uniformly creamish or whitish; posterior halves of paired fins almost uniformly dusky. Claspers almost uniformly white; lips and mouth whitish. Another adult male (paratype CSIRO H 6172–01) has similar pattern to holotype but is greyish brown rather than yellowish brown; adults exhibit extreme variability in the shape of ocelli and associated reticulations.</p>
            <p>Female paratypes CSIRO H 5633–05 (630 mm TL) and WAM P 31770–001 (222 mm TL): base pattern similar to holotype, but markings extremely variable in shape; coloration mainly yellowish or greenish, more strongly contrasted, and white ocelli and markings paler than adult male holotype and other large types; saddles and darkest markings more pronounced, often almost brownish black (particularly strong in neonatal juveniles); ventral surface penetrated laterally by tips of dark saddles (but not forming broad bands around tail); ventral surface of pectoral and pelvic fins with dark spots and blotches in early juveniles and immatures, when markings present in adults evident as a white base and dark distal half of fin.</p>
            <p>Size. Small wobbegong shark, reaching at least 943 mm TL. Males mature by 706 mm TL; largest mature male 889 mm TL, largest immature male 631 mm TL; largest female 943 mm TL, pregnant female 876 mm TL. Smallest early postnatal juvenile about 208 mm TL.</p>
            <p>Distribution. Inner continental shelf off southwestern Australia from Shark Bay (26° 54′S, 113° 0 0′E) to Mandurah (32° 26′S, 115° 41′E) in depths of 9– 135 m.</p>
            <p> Etymology. Derived from a combination of the Latin parvus (little) with the name of a larger, congener with a similar, spotted colour pattern,  Orectolobus maculatus , with which this species has been confused in the past. </p>
            <p>Vernacular. Dwarf Spotted Wobbegong.</p>
            <p> Comparisons.  Orectolobus parvimaculatus is likely to have been confused in the literature with its larger congener,  O. maculatus (e.g. Whitley, 1964; Compagno, 1984, 2001; Last and Stevens, 1994; Compagno et al. 2005; Hoese et al., 2006). Four nominal orectolobid taxa,  Squalus appendiculatus Shaw in Shaw &amp; Nod- der, 1806,  S. barbatus Gmelin, 1789 ,  S. lobatus Bloch &amp; Schneider, 1801 , and  S. wattsii Meyer, 1793 , are considered to be synonyms of  O. maculatus (Compagno, 2001, Eschmeyer, 2007). Types of all four are unknown (Eschmeyer, 2007) and their descriptions are poor so we cannot easily determine their relationships to  O. parvimaculatus and  O. maculatus . However, because they were all collected from Port Jackson (New South Wales) and well outside the distributional range of  O. parvimaculatus (considered endemic to Western Australia), they are most likely to be synonyms of  O. maculatus . </p>
            <p> The colorations of  O. parvimaculatus and  O. maculatus , which consist of a complex pattern of blotches overlain with pale rings and ocelli, are confusingly similar. However,  O. parvimaculatus (reaching 94 cm, males mature at about 71 cm or smaller) is a much smaller shark than  O. maculatus (reaching about 320 cm). Compagno (1984) reported that males of  O. maculatus may mature at about 60 cm but this observation is likely to be based on males of  O. parvimaculatus . Similarly, published distributional information for  O. maculatus is probably incorrect because of the confusion between the two species. Based on current knowledge,  O. maculatus is known to occur commonly off coastal eastern Australia (south to at least Eden, New South Wales), but it is also thought to occur in lesser abundances off southwestern Australia (Chidlow and McAuley, pers. comm.). Its distribution between these regions is uncertain and needs validation. Neither species has been confirmed from Tasmania. </p>
            <p> Orectolobus parvimaculatus differs subtly from  O. maculatus in colour pattern but no other wobbegongs have a similar pattern of pale rings or ocelli on the dorsal surface.  Orectolobus parvimaculatus have relatively larger and more densely distributed ocelli that incise more deeply into the margins of each dark dorsal saddle (saddles appear stellate rather than subrectangular, see Figs 2 B and 5B), dorsal fins with blackish marginal blotches (dark markings absent in  O. maculatus ), dark saddles on the tail converge strongly ventrally (almost triangular in lateral view but do not extend around the ventral surface as a broad band, see Fig. 6), a less welldeveloped dark predorsal blotch, and ocelli are present between the eyes and extend onto the snout (present only as pale flecks in  O. maculatus ). Also, adult  O. parvimaculatus have much taller, more upright dorsal fins than  O. maculatus of equivalent size, slightly smaller and more densely packed denticles with shorter pedicels (skins appears rougher in  O. maculatus ), possibly marginally more deeply incised margins of the postspiracular dermal lobes, lack a small tubercle above the posterior half of the eye (present in  O. maculatus ); and fewer vertebrae (monospondylous centra 46–49 vs. 49–54, total centra 142–149 vs. 152–153). </p>
            <p> Orectolobus parvimaculatus also differs from the other new wobbegong described in this pape r, O. fl ori - dus, by the following: ventral surface uniformly pale (rather than yellowish brown with dark blotches and spots); dermal lobes of head well developed (rather than poorly developed), distance across preorbital group 1.8–2.5 (rather than 1.2–1.4) times interspace between preorbital group and postspiracular lobe, base of anterior postspiracular lobe 2.6–4.5 (rather than 9–12) times in its distance from postorbital group, 1.4–2.6 (rather than 5–6) times in its distance from posterior postspiracular lobe; dorsal fins tall and upright in adult males (rather than low and raked); interdorsal space 0.6–0.8 (rather than 0.3–0.4) times anal-fin base length; and anal-fin inner margin 0.5–0.7 of (rather than 1.1–1.2 times) anal-fin posterior margin. </p>
            <p> Within its known distribution,  O. parvimaculatus differs from congeners  O. hutchinsi and  O. wardi in having a more complex complex colour pattern and dermal lobe arrangement (3–6 simple or divided lobes vs. 2 simple or weakly divided lobes in the preorbital groups of each of the other species).  Orectolobus halei has a complex dermal lobe arrangement but has a much different colour pattern.  Eucrossorhinus dasypogon has a broader head with an even more complex arrangement of dermal lobes, and  Sutorectus tentaculatus has a much simpler dermal lobe arrangement and rows of warty tubercles extending along the middle of the head and back (absent in  O. parvimaculatus ). </p>
            <p> Compagno (1984) reported that  O. maculatus have large litters with one female having 37 young. He records the birth size of the species at about 21 cm TL. The frozen carcass of a pregnant female  O. parvimaculatus (CSIRO H 5633–01) released 13 late-term embryos (208–225 mm TL). Another 6 specimens born just before her death survived for more than a year in captivity and reached about 600 mm TL. The birth size of young  O. parvimaculatus is consistent with the reported birth size of  O. maculatus , but  O. parvimaculatus is likely to have much smaller litters due to its smaller overall size. </p>
            <p> Orectolobus parvimaculatus exhibits obvious sexual and ontogenetic variability. Adult males are more reddish brown and have ocelli that are bluish white, rather than white or yellowish as in females and immature males. Adult males and females have much taller more upright fins than small individuals. </p>
            <p> Comparative material.  Orectolobus maculatus : CSIRO CA 3658, female 566 mm TL, Cronulla, NSW, 1983; CSIRO H 5765–01, immature male 242 mm TL, CSIRO H 5766–01, female 400 mm TL, Southport, QLD, 2001; CSIRO H 6190–01, immature male 711 mm TL (ex Manly Aquarium, born in aquarium in Jan 2002 and died in Jan 2004). </p>
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