Japanese topeshark
Appearance
Japanese topeshark | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Chondrichthyes |
Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
Subdivision: | Selachimorpha |
Order: | Carcharhiniformes |
Family: | Triakidae |
Genus: | Hemitriakis |
Species: | H. japanica
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Binomial name | |
Hemitriakis japanica (J. P. Müller & Henle, 1839)
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Range of the Japanese topeshark |
The Japanese topeshark (Hemitriakis japanica) is a species of houndshark, in the family Triakidae. It can reach a length of up to 1.1 m. It is found in the subtropical northwest Pacific from China, Taiwan, Korea, and Japan, between latitudes 40° N and 21° N.
References
[edit]- ^ Walls, R.H.L.; Rigby, C.L.; Derrick, D.; Dyldin, Y.V.; Herman, K.; Ishihara, H.; Jeong, C.-H.; Semba, Y.; Tanaka, S.; Volvenko, I.V.; Yamaguchi, A. (2021). "Hemitriakis japanica". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T161507A124497048. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T161507A124497048.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2006). "Hemitriakis japanica" in FishBase. July 2006 version.