The Japanese topeshark (''Hemitriakis japanica'') is a
species
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of
houndshark
Houndsharks, the Triakidae, are a family of ground sharks, consisting of about 40 species in nine genera. In some classifications, the family is split into two subfamilies, with ''Mustelus'', '' Scylliogaleus'', and '' Triakis'' in the subfamily ...
, in the
family
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Triakidae. It can reach a length of up to 1.1 m. It is found in the
subtropical
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northwest
Pacific
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from
China
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,
Taiwan
Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the nort ...
,
Korea
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, and
Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...
, between
latitude
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s
40° N and
21° N.
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Japanese topeshark
The Japanese topeshark (''Hemitriakis japanica'') is a species of houndshark, in the family (biology), 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, b ...
Fish of Japan
Marine fauna of East Asia
Japanese topeshark
The Japanese topeshark (''Hemitriakis japanica'') is a species of houndshark, in the family (biology), 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, b ...
Japanese topeshark
The Japanese topeshark (''Hemitriakis japanica'') is a species of houndshark, in the family (biology), 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, b ...
Japanese topeshark
The Japanese topeshark (''Hemitriakis japanica'') is a species of houndshark, in the family (biology), 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, b ...
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