Orectolobus, Bonaparte, 1834

White, William T. & Ko’Ou, Alfred, 2018, An annotated checklist of the chondrichthyans of Papua New Guinea, Zootaxa 4411 (1), pp. 1-82 : 17

Orectolobus sp. 1 ( cf. leptolineatus )

Papuan Wobbegong

Local synonymy: Orectolobus sp.— Fricke et al., 2014: 13 (Madang). Orectolobus sp. 1— White et al., 2018: 66, figs (PNG).

PNG voucher material: (1 spec.) NTUM 10302 , adult male ~ 800 mm TL, Madang Bay , Madang, Dec. 2012 .

Remarks: First recorded from Madang by Fricke et al. (2014). Morphologically appears most similar to Orectolobus leptolineatus Last, Pogonoski & White 2010 ; molecular data (NADH2 and CO1 sequences) place it closest to this species but with some divergence; more specimens needed to determine whether this is a distinct species.