Japanese wobbegong

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Japanese wobbegong
Orectolobus japonicus in the Naturhistorisches Museum Wien
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Division: Selachii
Order: Orectolobiformes
Family: Orectolobidae
Genus: Orectolobus
Species:
O. japonicus
Binomial name
Orectolobus japonicus
Regan, 1906
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 Vietnam and the Philippines, between latitudes 43 and 6°N. It reaches a length of 1 m. The genome of Orectolobus japonicus is 16,706 base pairs long and follows the usual vertebrate gene arrangement, but its tRNA-Ser2 gene is different because it lacks the dihydrouridine arm and can't form the normal cloverleaf structure. 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.

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  1. ^ Rigby, C.L.; Bin Ali, A.; Bineesh, K.K.; Chen, X.; Derrick, D.; Dharmadi, Ebert, D.A.; Fahmi, Fernando, D.; Gautama, D.A.; Haque, A.B.; Ho, H.; Hsu, H.; Maung, A.; Vo, V.Q.; Sianipar, A.; Tanay, D.; Utzurrum, J.A.T.; Yuneni, R.R.; Zhang, J. (2020). "Orectolobus japonicus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020 e.T161563A124507360. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T161563A124507360.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  • Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Orectolobus japonicus". 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).
  • Chen, X., Liu, M., Xiang, D., & Ai, W. (2013). Complete mitochondrial genome of the Japanese wobbegong Orectolobus japonicus (Orectolobiformes: Orectolobidae). Mitochondrial DNA, 26(1), 153-154. https://doi.org/10.3109/19401736.2013.819499