Tasselled wobbegong (Eucrossorhinus dasypogon) fish species and information / pictures of Tasselled wobbegong - Eucrossorhinus dasypogon

Tasselled wobbegong (Eucrossorhinus dasypogon) fish species information

Scientific Name
Eucrossorhinus dasypogon

Common Name
Tasselled wobbegong

Biology
Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 0; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 0. Body with a reticular pattern of narrow dark lines (Ref. 13577). Caudal fin with its upper lobe hardly elevated above the body axis, with a strong terminal lobe and subterminal notch but no ventral lobe (Ref. 13577).

Classification

Classified By

Bleeker, 1867

Class

Sharks and Rays (Elasmobranchii)

Order

Carpet sharks (Orectolobiformes)

Family

Carpet or nurse sharks (Orectolobidae)

Distribution

Region

Western Pacific

Distribution

Western Pacific: eastern Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, and northern Australia (including Barrow Island, Western Australia). Questionable occurrence in Malaysia.

Range

1°N - 23°S, 115°E - 155°E

Environment

Climate

Deep-water

Water Temperature From

Unknown °C

Water Temperature To

Unknown °C

Depth From - meters

Unknown m

Depth To - meters

40 m

Zone

reef-associated

Environment

Marine; reef-associated; depth range ? - 40 m (Ref. 9710)

Trophic Level

3.98 s.e. 0.60 Based on food items.

Occurs in Marine / Salt water

True

Occurs in Brackish water

False

Occurs in Fresh Water

False

Occurs on Reefs

True

Is kept in Aquariums

False

Physical Size and Genetics

Maximum Length

125 cm

Common Length

Unknown cm

Phylogenetic Diversity Index

PD50 = 1.0002 many relatives (e.g. carps) 0.5 - 2.0 few relatives (e.g. lungfishes)

Human Uses and Population

Human Uses

Unknown

Vulnerability

High to very high vulnerability (66 of 100)

Resilience

Low, minimum population doubling time 4.5 - 14 years (Fec assumed to be

Threat To Humans

Traumatogenic (Ref. 247)

IUCN Red List Status

Near Threatened (NT)