Japanese wobbegong
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The Japanese wobbegong has flaps of skin called dermal lobes around its mouth.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Japanese wobbegong
- Scientific name
- Orectolobus japonicus
- Japanese name
- オオセ
- Group
- Ocean animals
- Class
- Chondrichthyes
- Order
- Orectolobiformes
- Family
- Orectolobidae
- Genus
- Orectolobus
How the Japanese wobbegong lives
Its intricate pattern blends into rocks or sand as it waits to ambush prey. It reacts quickly and bites at things passing above its mouth. Females give birth after their young develop inside their bodies.
海遊館沖縄美ら海水族館Basic data
- Range
- Chinese coast, Vietnam, northern Philippine Islands, and elsewhere
- Conservation status in Japan
- Data Deficient (DD)Ministry of the Environment of Japan, Marine Red List (2017)
Where the Japanese wobbegong 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
- オオセ
- 简体中文
- 日本须鲨
- 繁體中文
- 日本鬚鯊
- 한국어
- 수염상어
- Español
- Tiburón alfombra japonés
- Français
- Requin-tapis moustache
- Deutsch
- Japanischer Teppichhai
- Português (Brasil)
- Tubarão-wobbegong-japonês
- Italiano
- Squalo tappeto giappionese
- Bahasa Indonesia
- Wobbegong jepang
- Русский
- Японская бородатая 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 — オオセChecked: 2026-11-04
- 海遊館 — オオセChecked: 2026-11-07
- 沖縄美ら海水族館 — オオセChecked: 2026-11-07
- Ministry of the Environment of Japan, Marine Red List (2017)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.
The conservation status in Japan is the category in the Red Lists of the Ministry of the Environment of Japan, which assess the risk of extinction for wild animals in Japan.
This page was translated from the original Japanese with the help of AI.
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