 "Marine & Freshwater Research", a peer-reviewed scientific journal, studied and compared the electroreceptors of the spotted wobbegong to those of the Australian angelshark ("Squatina australis"), a distantly related shark species.The spotted wobbegong has a more complex electrosensory system than the Australian angelshark, and the spotted wobbegong has a pore cluster inside its snout that is not present in the Australian angelshark.For both species, these electroreceptors are an important mechanism in feeding.