maculatus, Squalus Bonnaterre [J. P.] 1788:8 [Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique des trois règnes de la nature... Ichthyologie; ref. 4940] [La mer du Sud] southwestern Pacific (probably Australia). No types known. Based on 'Le Moucheté' of Broussonet (MS). •Valid as Orectolobus maculatus (Bonnaterre 1788) -- (Nakaya & Shirai in Masuda et al. 1984:8 [ref. 6441], Paxton et al. 1989:90 [ref. 12442], Kuiter 1993:6 [ref. 23929], Gomon et al. 1994:115 [ref. 22532], Last & Stevens 1994:129 [ref. 23873], Kuiter 1997:12 [ref. 25488], Compagno & Niem 1998:1247 [ref. 23787], Johnson 1999:720 [ref. 25471], Compagno 1999:476 [ref. 25589], Nakabo 2000:119 [ref. 25086], Compagno in Randall & Lim 2000:578 [ref. 25122], Hutchins 2001:13 [ref. 25847], Compagno 2001:155 [ref. 26323], Goto 2001:80 [ref. 25912], Nakabo 2002:119 [ref. 26001], Compagno et al. 2005:20 [ref. 29145], Last et al. 2006:35 [ref. 28717], Huveneers 2006:30 [ref. 28782], Hoese et al. 2006:119 [ref. 29001], Last & Chidlow 2008:49 [ref. 29433], Goto 2008:138 [ref. 29609], Last et al. 2008:39 [ref. 29677], White 2008:49 [ref. 30617], Last et al. 2010:1 [ref. 30845], Weigmann 2016:10 [ref. 34211], Hoschke et al. 2019:153[ref. 36626]). Current status: Valid as Orectolobus maculatus (Bonnaterre 1788). Orectolobidae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific, but possibly only Australia. Habitat: marine.