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The Japanese wobbegong, Orectolobus japonicus, is a carpet shark
Carpet shark

The order Orectolobiformes, also collectively known as the carpet sharks because many members have carpet-like patterned markings, includes a number of familiar types of sharks, such as the nurse sharks and whale shark, as well as some unusual species, such as the blind shark....
 in the family
Family (biology)

In biological classification, family is a taxonomic rank. Exact details of formal nomenclature depend on the Nomenclature Codes which applies....
 Orectolobidae, found in the tropical western Pacific Ocean
Pacific Ocean

The Pacific Ocean is the largest of the Earth's oceanic divisions. Its name is derived from the Latin name Mare Pacificum, "peaceful sea", bestowed upon it by the Portugal explorer Ferdinand Magellan....
 from Japan
Japan

Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south....
 and Korea
Korea

Korea is a geographic area composed of two sovereign countries, a civilization, and a former state situated on the Korean Peninsula in East Asia....
 to Viet Nam and the Philippines
Philippines

The Philippines, officially known as the Republic of the Philippines, is a country in Southeast Asia with Manila as its capital city. It comprises 7,107 islands in the western Pacific Ocean....
, between latitudes 43° N
43rd parallel north

The 43rd parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 43 degree true north of the Earth equator.Starting at the Prime Meridian and heading eastwards, the parallel 43? north passes through:...
 to 6° N
6th parallel north

The 6th parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 6 degree true north of the Earth equator.Starting at the Prime Meridian and heading eastwards, the parallel 6? north passes through:...
. It reaches a length of 1 m.

The Japanese wobbegong has 5 or 6 dermal flaps below and in front of the eyes, the back having light areas between dark saddles marked with broad reticulated dark lines.






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The Japanese wobbegong, Orectolobus japonicus, is a carpet shark
Carpet shark

The order Orectolobiformes, also collectively known as the carpet sharks because many members have carpet-like patterned markings, includes a number of familiar types of sharks, such as the nurse sharks and whale shark, as well as some unusual species, such as the blind shark....
 in the family
Family (biology)

In biological classification, family is a taxonomic rank. Exact details of formal nomenclature depend on the Nomenclature Codes which applies....
 Orectolobidae, found in the tropical western Pacific Ocean
Pacific Ocean

The Pacific Ocean is the largest of the Earth's oceanic divisions. Its name is derived from the Latin name Mare Pacificum, "peaceful sea", bestowed upon it by the Portugal explorer Ferdinand Magellan....
 from Japan
Japan

Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south....
 and Korea
Korea

Korea is a geographic area composed of two sovereign countries, a civilization, and a former state situated on the Korean Peninsula in East Asia....
 to Viet Nam and the Philippines
Philippines

The Philippines, officially known as the Republic of the Philippines, is a country in Southeast Asia with Manila as its capital city. It comprises 7,107 islands in the western Pacific Ocean....
, between latitudes 43° N
43rd parallel north

The 43rd parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 43 degree true north of the Earth equator.Starting at the Prime Meridian and heading eastwards, the parallel 43? north passes through:...
 to 6° N
6th parallel north

The 6th parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 6 degree true north of the Earth equator.Starting at the Prime Meridian and heading eastwards, the parallel 6? north passes through:...
. It reaches a length of 1 m.

The Japanese wobbegong has 5 or 6 dermal flaps below and in front of the eyes, the back having light areas between dark saddles marked with broad reticulated dark lines. The caudal fin, with its upper lobe hardly elevated above the body axis, has a strong terminal lobe and subterminal notch but no ventral lobe. It is a little-known bottom shark found inshore, usually in sand or sandy mud bottoms, but also on rocky and coral reefs. It is nocturnal in habits. It feeds on fish, and presumably bottom invertebrate
Invertebrate

An invertebrate is an animal lacking a vertebral column. The group includes 98% of all animal species ? all animals except those in the Chordate subphylum vertebrate ....
s.

Wobbegongs should be regarded as potentially dangerous because of their formidable dentition. They are used for human consumption, and are kept in aquaria in Japan and the United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
.

Reproduction is ovoviviparous with 20 young in a litter.

See also

  • List of sharks
    List of sharks

    Shark classificationSharks belong to the superorder Selachimorpha in the subclass Elasmobranchii in the class Chondrichthyes. It is a fish. The Elasmobranchii also include batoidea and skate s; the Chondrichthyes also include Chimaeras....