Other fish in Mountain stream |
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These are some of illustrations that I drew for Headstream Museum of Forest and Water in Kawakami village Nara. |
Ugui (Japanese dace)Tribolodon hakonensis |
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Length of about 30 cm (12 in). Ugui inhabit all over Japan except Okinawa, South Chishima islands, Sakhalin, Amur river, and from Korean peninsula east shores to Far Eastern Russia. The adult fish show nuptical coloration of three red stripes when becoming a spawning season. It is said that Japanese name of Ugui came from "Fish that Cormorant(u) eat(gui)". |
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Aburahaya (Amur minnow)Phoxinus lagowski steindachneri |
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Length of about 15 cm (6 in). Aburahaya inhabit the Mainland of Japan, north- eastern of China, and from Korean peninsula east shores to Far Eastern Russia. They live in the place where the flow is loose. They are called Aburahaya because they slime like having painted oil(abura). |
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Kajika (Japanese fluvial sculpin)Cottus pollux |
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Length of about 15 cm (6 in). Japanese peculiar kind.
Kajika inhabit the Mainland, Shikoku, Kyushu, the southern part of Hokkaido.
They live in the mountain shallows where clear water and lots of stones exist.
The egg laid in the ceiling of the stone from March to June is defended by the male sculpin. |
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Ayu (Sweetfish)Plecoglossus altivelis altivelis |
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Length about from 10 cm (4 in) to 30 cm (12 in). Ayu inhabit Japanese various places of the south from the west Hokkaido.
Ayu's kind inhabit Korean peninsula, Chinese coast part, Taiwan. The adult fish eat the algae that attach to the stone in the riverbed, and make the territory, so Tomozuri using the territory is famous. Kebari-fishing until they become adult fish is also well known. They have the smell like the watermelon. They finish their life in one year. |
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