WoRMS taxon details
Orectolobus japonicus Regan, 1906
281930 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:281930)
accepted
Species
Crossorhinus barbatus (Gmelin, 1789) · unaccepted > misapplication
Squalus labiatus Bleeker, 1855 · unaccepted > nomen nudum
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Regan, C. T. (1906). Descriptions of some new sharks in the British Museum Collection. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 7).</em> v. 18 (no. 108) (art. 70): 435-440., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222930608562643 [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Orectolobus japonicus Regan, 1906. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=281930 on 2026-06-30
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Nomenclature
original description
Regan, C. T. (1906). Descriptions of some new sharks in the British Museum Collection. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 7).</em> v. 18 (no. 108) (art. 70): 435-440., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222930608562643 [details]
original description (of Squalus labiatus Bleeker, 1855) Bleeker, P. (1855). Nieuwe nalezingen op de ichthyologie van Japan. <em>Verhandelingen van het Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen.</em> v. 26 (art. 4): 1-132, Pls. 1-8. [details]
original description (of Squalus labiatus Bleeker, 1855) Bleeker, P. (1855). Nieuwe nalezingen op de ichthyologie van Japan. <em>Verhandelingen van het Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen.</em> v. 26 (art. 4): 1-132, Pls. 1-8. [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
context source (HKRMS)
Lam VYY. (2009) The shark fisheries of southern China and the reproductive biology of the spadenose shark, Scoliodon laticaudus. MPhil Thesis. the University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong. [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source Compagno, L.J.V. (2001). Sharks of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of shark species known to date. Volume 2. Bullhead, mackerel and carpet sharks (Heterodontiformes, Lamniformes and Orectolobiformes). <em>FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes.</em> No. 1, Vol. 2. Rome, FAO. 269p. [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source Compagno, L.J.V. (2001). Sharks of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of shark species known to date. Volume 2. Bullhead, mackerel and carpet sharks (Heterodontiformes, Lamniformes and Orectolobiformes). <em>FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes.</em> No. 1, Vol. 2. Rome, FAO. 269p. [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Syntype BMNH 1862.11.1.18, geounit Japan [details]
Syntype BMNH 1862.11.1.90, geounit Japan [details]
Unreviewed
Habitat A little-known temperate to tropical inshore bottomshark, found on rocky and coral reefs. [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | Japanese wobbegongJapanese carpet sharkfringe sharkcarpet sharkbearded shark | [details] |
| French | requin-tapis moustache | [details] |
| Japanese | オオセoosekirinotobuka | [details] |
| Spanish | tapicero japonés | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Squalus labiatus Bleeker, 1855)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Orectolobus japonicus)
To FAO Species fact sheets
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Crossorhinus barbatus (Gmelin, 1789))
To FishBase (from synonym Squalus labiatus Bleeker, 1855)
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 28 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NHMUK collection (Orectolobus japonicus Regan, 1906; SYNTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:2593368)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Squalus labiatus Bleeker, 1855)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Orectolobus japonicus)
To FAO Species fact sheets
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Crossorhinus barbatus (Gmelin, 1789))
To FishBase (from synonym Squalus labiatus Bleeker, 1855)
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 28 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NHMUK collection (Orectolobus japonicus Regan, 1906; SYNTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:2593368)
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
Hosted externally
Unreviewed
