#2042 · 🦈 sharks & rays
Spotted Wobbegong
🇳🇱 Gevlekte bakerhaai ·Orectolobus maculatus
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what is it?
The spotted wobbegong ( Orectolobus maculatus ) is a carpet shark in the family Orectolobidae, endemic to Australia. It is a large, robust species, typically reaching 150–180 centimetres (59–71 in) in length. Coloured green, yellow, or brown, it has distinctive O-shaped spots throughout its body. It is nocturnal, resting at day and feeding on fish and invertebrates at night. An ovoviviparous species, the spotted wobbegong gives birth in the spring, during which time males can act aggressively towards other...
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
- 2,319 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Pierre Joseph Bonnaterre in 1788 (238 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Spotted Wobbegong
- Nederlands
- Gevlekte bakerhaai
- scientific name
- Orectolobus maculatus
- class
- Chondrichthyes
- order
- Orectolobiformes
- family
- Orectolobidae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings worldwide
- 2,319
- GBIF records in NL
- 0
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1788 by Pierre Joseph Bonnaterre
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
relatives· Orectolobidae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 63638, Wikidata Q31782, GBIF 2417541, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.