Eucrossorhinus dasypogon, Tasselled wobbegong

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Eucrossorhinus dasypogon (Bleeker, 1867)

Tasselled wobbegong
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Classification / Names প্রচলিত নাম সমূহ | প্রতিনাম সমূহ | Catalog of Fishes(গণ , প্রজাতি ) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

ইলাসমোব্রাঙ্কি (হাঙ্গর এবং রে) (sharks and rays) > Orectolobiformes (Carpet sharks) > Orectolobidae (Carpet or nurse sharks)
Etymology: Eucrossorhinus: eu (Gr.), very; Crossorhinus (=Orectolobus), previous genus, from krossos (Gr.), fringe or tassel, referring to tassel of dermal lobes fringing the head, and rhinus, an ancient name for sharks, from rhine (Gr.), rasp, alluding to their rasp-like skin, or rhinos, snout, referring to “lobe-like attachments from the nose” (translation, from Müller & Henle’s 1837 description of Crossorhinus). (See ETYFish);  dasypogon: dasys (Gr.), hairy; pogon (Gr.), beard, referring to dense beard-like tassel of dermal lobes fringing the head. (See ETYFish).
More on author: Bleeker.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range বাস্তুসংস্থান

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