Japanese topeshark

Taxobox
name = Japanese topeshark
status =
trend =


regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Chondrichthyes
subclassis = Elasmobranchii
ordo = Carcharhiniformes
familia = Triakidae
genus = "Hemitriakis"
species = "H. japanica"
binomial = "Hemitriakis japanica"
binomial_authority = (Müller & Henle, 1839)

The Japanese topeshark, "Hemitriakis japanica", is a hound shark of the family Triakidae, reaching lengths 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° S.

The Japanese topeshark occurs close inshore and offshore, down to at least 100 m in depth. It presumably feeds on small fishes, cephalopods and crustaceans. In turn, it is eaten by humans.

Reproduction is ovoviviparous, with 8 to 22 pups in a litter: size at birth is about 20 to 21 cm.

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