Japanese wobbegong
| Japanese wobbegong | |
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| Orectolobus japonicus in the Naturhistorisches Museum Wien | |
| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| 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.
See also
References
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Orectolobus japonicus" in FishBase. may 2006 version.