Japanese carpet shark
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Japanese carpet shark in the Natural History Museum Vienna |
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The Japanese carpet shark ( Orectolobus japonicus ) is a real shark from the family of carpet sharks (Orectolobidae). He lives in the Northwest Pacific off Japan , Korea , China , Taiwan , Vietnam and the Philippines .
features
The species is flat with a broad head and body and reaches a length of 107 cm. Around the upper jaw she has partly branched barbels and skin flaps. On her back she wears wide, dark, rectangular saddles with light spots. Between the saddles, the skin is lighter with reticulated lines.
Way of life
The Japanese carpet shark lives on the continental shelf near the coast in rocky and coral reefs as well as on sandy or muddy bottom. At night it hunts bottom-living fish such as lizardfish , saw bass , red mullet , parrotfish and gurnard , but also cephalopods and shrimps and the clutch of other sharks. It is ovoviviparous and gives birth to young in bags of 20 to 23 animals.
literature
- Compagno , Dando, & Fowler, Sharks of the World , Princeton University Press, New Jersey 2005 ISBN 0-691-12072-2 , see also [1]
Web links
- Japanese carpet shark on Fishbase.org (English)
- Orectolobus japonicus inthe IUCN 2013 Red List of Threatened Species . Posted by: Tanaka, S., Nakaya, K., Wang, Y & Alava, M., 2007. Retrieved November 6, 2013.