Japanese Roughshark
Oxynotus japonicus
- Vulnerable
- Card rarity: Rare
- Sharks and rays
The Japanese roughshark is a rare species of shark in the family Oxynotidae, known only from a handful of specimens recovered from Suruga Bay and the Enshunada Sea off Japan. It is a benthic species that occurs at a depth of 150–350 m (490–1,150 ft). This shark is caught as bycatch by bottom trawlers throughout its entire limited range, and may be threatened given the declines in other bottom deep sea species in Suruga Bay.
Classification
- Class
- Chondrichthyes
- Order
- Squaliformes
- Family
- Oxynotidae
- Genus
- Oxynotus