 Regan subsequently reconsidered the main trait he used to separate "Eucrossorhinus" (the spacing of the fourth and fifth gill slits) and synonymized it with "Orectolobus".Later authors have placed the tasselled wobbegong either in its own genus or in "Orectolobus".Other common names for this species are bearded wobbegong and Ogilby's wobbegong.