Japanese topeshark

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Japanese topeshark

Conservation status
Endangered (IUCN 3.1)^[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Chondrichthyes
Subclass:	Elasmobranchii
Division:	Selachii
Order:	Carcharhiniformes
Family:	Triakidae
Genus:	Hemitriakis
Species:	H. japanica
Binomial name
*Hemitriakis japanica* (J. P. Müller & Henle, 1839)

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

^ 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.). "Hemitriakis japanica". FishBase. July 2006 version.

v t e Extant houndshark species
Kingdom Animalia Phylum Chordata Class Chondrichthyes Subclass Elasmobranchii Subdivision Selachii Order Carcharhiniformes
Furgaleus	Whiskery shark (F. macki)
Galeorhinus	School shark (G. galeus)
Gogolia	Sailback houndshark (G. filewoodi)
Hemitriakis	Deepwater sicklefin houndshark (H. abdita) Ocellate topeshark (H. complicofasciata) Sicklefin houndshark (H. falcata) Indonesian houndshark (H. indroyonoi) Japanese topeshark (H. japanica) Whitefin topeshark (H. leucoperiptera)
Hypogaleus	Blacktip tope (H. hyugaensis)
Iago	Longnose houndshark (I. garricki) Bigeye houndshark (I. omanensis) Lowfin houndshark (Iago sp. A)
Mustelus (Smooth-hounds)	M. albipinnis Gummy shark (M. antarcticus) Starry smooth-hound (M. asterias) Gray smooth-hound (M. californicus) Dusky smooth-hound (M. canis) Sharptooth smooth-hound (M. dorsalis) Striped smooth-hound (M. fasciatus) Spotless smooth-hound (M. griseus) Brown smooth-hound (M. henlei) Smalleye smooth-hound (M. higmani) Spotted estuary smooth-hound (M. lenticulatus) Sicklefin smooth-hound (M. lunulatus) Starspotted smooth-hound (M. manazo) Speckled smooth-hound (M. mento) M. minicanis Arabian smooth-hound (M. mosis) Common smooth-hound (M. mustelus) Narrowfin smooth-hound (M. norrisi) Whitespotted smooth-hound (M. palumbes) Blackspotted smooth-hound (M. punctulatus) Australian grey smooth-hound (M. ravidus) Narrownose smooth-hound (M. schmitti) Gulf smooth-hound (M. sinusmexicanus) Humpback smooth-hound (M. whitneyi) White-fin smooth-hound (M. widodoi)
Scylliogaleus	Flapnose houndshark (S. quecketti)
Triakis	Sharpfin houndshark (T. acutipinna) Spotted houndshark (T. maculata) Sharptooth houndshark (T. megalopterus) Banded houndshark (T. scyllium) Leopard shark (T. semifasciata)

Taxon identifiers
Hemitriakis japanica	Wikidata: Q1074461 ADW: Hemitriakis_japanica BOLD: 109351 CoL: 3KTLY FishBase: 5926 GBIF: 2418293 iNaturalist: 102626 IRMNG: 10157103 ITIS: 160543 IUCN: 161507 NCBI: 376633 Observation.org: 804926 OBIS: 281042 Open Tree of Life: 1037427 WoRMS: 281042

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