Oratosquilla oratoria is a species of mantis shrimp found in the Western Pacific.^[2] It is widely harvested in Japan where it is known as shako (シャコ) and eaten as sushi. Like other members of its order it has a powerful spear, which it uses to hunt invertebrates and small fish. It grows to a length of 185 millimetres (7.3 in), and lives at depths of 10–100 metres (33–330 ft).^[2]

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  For sale at a Japanese market

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  Close-up of the telson and uropods

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