Japanese wobbegong

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Japanese wobbegong
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Orectolobus japonicus in the Naturhistorisches Museum Wien
Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Order: Orectolobiformes
Family: Orectolobidae
Genus: Orectolobus
Species:
O. japonicus
Binomial name
Orectolobus japonicus
Regan, 1906
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Range of Japanese wobbegong (in blue)

The Japanese wobbegong (Orectolobus japonicus) is a carpet shark in the family Orectolobidae of the wobbegong family, found in the tropical western Pacific Ocean from Japan and Korea to Viet Nam and the Philippines, between latitudes 43 and 6°N. It reaches a length of 1 m. Japanese wobbegong sharks typically remain motionless during the daytime, and are not active hunters. They use camouflage and their electroreceptor pores on their dorsal area to help them sense prey nearby.

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References[]

  1. ^ Rigby, C.L., Bin Ali, A., Bineesh, K.K., Chen, X., Derrick, D., Dharmadi, Ebert, D.A., Fahmi, Fernando, D., Gautama, D.A., Haque, A.B., Ho, H., Hsu, H., Maung, A., Vo, V.Q., Sianipar, A., Tanay, D., Utzurrum, J.A.T., Yuneni, R.R. & Zhang, J. 2020. (2020). "Orectolobus japonicus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020. Retrieved 19 January 2021.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  • Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Orectolobus japonicus" in FishBase. may 2006 version.
  • Theiss, S. M., Collin, S. P. & Hart, N. S. Morphology and distribution of the ampullary electroreceptors in wobbegong sharks: implications for feeding behaviour. Mar Biol 158, 723–735 (2011).
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