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The banded houndshark gives birth to live young.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Banded houndshark
- Scientific name
- Triakis scyllium
- Japanese name
- ドチザメ
- Group
- Ocean animals
- Class
- Chondrichthyes
- Order
- Carcharhiniformes
- Family
- Triakidae
- Genus
- Triakis
A shark that lives along the coasts from Aomori to Kyushu and in the seas of the Korean Peninsula, Taiwan and China.
How the Banded houndshark lives
It is mainly active at night. It eats crustaceans, squid and bony fish. It often rests on the seabed during the day. It generally lives alone.
Bristol AquariumBasic data
- Range
- Coasts from Aomori to Kyushu, Seto Inland Sea, Hachijo Island, Korean Peninsula, Bohai Sea, Yellow Sea, Taiwan, and elsewhere
Where the Banded houndshark has been recorded
Records: GBIF.org (CC0 and CC BY 4.0 records, retrieved 2026-11-07). Map: Natural EarthSee the records on GBIF
Watch wild animals from a distance. Do not touch or feed them, and take care of the places where they live.
Names around the world
- 日本語
- ドチザメ
- 简体中文
- 皱唇鲨
- 繁體中文
- 皺唇鯊
- 한국어
- 까치상어
- Español
- Tollo Rayado
- Français
- Virli Coro
- Deutsch
- Gebänderter Hundshai
- Português (Brasil)
- Cação-listrado
- Italiano
- Palombo dalle bande
- Bahasa Indonesia
- Hiu anjing bergaris
- Русский
- Полосатая тройнозубая акула
Names come from Wikidata and iNaturalist records. Where a language has no recorded name, we use the scientific name.
Sources and how we check
- 鳥羽水族館 — ドチザメChecked: 2026-11-04
- Bristol Aquarium — Hound SharkChecked: 2026-11-07
- 鶴岡市立加茂水族館 — ドチザメChecked: 2026-11-07
We check each fact against its source. The illustrations simplify how the real animal looks.
The classification (class, order, family, genus) follows Wikidata records, checked against GBIF. Classifications can change as research goes on.
The basic data are the values given in each source. They vary with how the animal is measured, whether it is male or female, and whether it lives in the wild or in captivity.
This page was translated from the original Japanese with the help of AI.
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