wardi, Orectolobus Whitley [G. P.] 1939:264 [Records of the Australian Museum v. 20 (no. 4); ref. 4698] Cape Keith, Melville Island, Northern Territory, Australia. Holotype (unique): AMS IA.7784. •Valid as Sutorectus wardi (Whitley 1939) -- (Paxton et al. 1989:93 [ref. 12442], Randall et al. 1990:14 [ref. 15987], Last & Stevens 1994:132 [ref. 23873], Compagno 1999:476 [ref. 25589], Huveneers 2006:30 [ref. 28782], Last & Chidlow 2008:49 [ref. 29433], Last et al. 2008:39 [ref. 29677], Last et al. 2010:1 [ref. 30845]). •Valid as Orectolobus wardi Whitley 1939 -- (Compagno 1984:185 [ref. 6474], Allen & Swainston 1988:20 [ref. 25477], Allen 1997:40 [ref. 23977], Larson & Williams 1997:343 [ref. 23967], Randall et al. 1997:14 [ref. 25919], Compagno & Niem 1998:1248 [ref. 23787], Hutchins 2001:13 [ref. 25847], Compagno 2001:159 [ref. 26323], Last et al. 2006:35 [ref. 28717], Hoese et al. 2006:120 [ref. 29001], Goto 2008:138 [ref. 29609], Larson et al. 2013:13 [ref. 32988], Weigmann 2016:10 [ref. 34211], White et al. 2018:64 [ref. 35860], White & Ko'ou 2018:17 [ref. 35922], Allen & Erdmann 2024:46 [ref. 40796]). Current status: Valid as Orectolobus wardi Whitley 1939. Orectolobidae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Aru Islands (Indonesia), Papua New Guinea and northern Australia. Habitat: marine.