Japanese topeshark

Hemitriakis japanica

Old Ambon reports may concern another species

Japanese topeshark is known around Northwest Pacific as a marine fish; It occurs in marine waters, and records give a maximum length of 110 cm.

Class: Sharks and Rays
Order: Ground Sharks
Family: Triakidae
Genus: Hemitriakis
Maximum length: 110 cm
Water: Marine
Distribution: Northwest Pacific: China, Taiwan, Korea, and Japan. Nominal records from Ambon, Indonesia (unconfirmed and based on a specimen close to if not identical to Hemitriakis abdita ) and New Caledonia (Ref. 13563 ).

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