Japanese wobbegong
| Japanese wobbegong | |
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| Orectolobus japonicus in the Naturhistorisches Museum Wien
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Subdivision: | Selachimorpha |
| Order: | Orectolobiformes |
| Family: | Orectolobidae |
| Genus: | Orectolobus |
| Species: | O. japonicus
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| Binomial name | |
| Orectolobus japonicus Regan, 1906
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| Range of Japanese wobbegong (in blue) | |
The Japanese wobbegong (Orectolobus japonicus) is a
tropical western Pacific Ocean from Japan and Korea to Vietnam 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.
See also
References
- doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T161563A124507360.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.)
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- Froese, Rainer; 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).