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Fish Species of Japan

Native and commonly occurring fish across 2 ocean regions - with habitat, conservation status, and edibility data.

307
Total Species
14
Threatened
66
Edible
2
Ocean Regions
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Muskellunge
Esox masquinongy
LC 💧 Freshwater
Nile perch
Lates niloticus
LC 💧 Freshwater
Nile tilapia
Oreochromis niloticus
LC 💧 Freshwater
Northern pike
Esox lucius
LC 💧 Freshwater
Oily bitterling
Tanakia limbata
LC 💧 Freshwater
Orinoco sailfin catfish
Pterygoplichthys multiradiatus
LC 💧 Freshwater
Otopharynx Lithobates
Otopharynx lithobates
LC 💧 Freshwater
Paradisefish
Macropodus opercularis
LC 💧 Freshwater
Philippine catfish
Clarias batrachus
LC 💧 Freshwater
Pike-perch
Sander lucioperca
LC 💧 Freshwater
Pond loach
Misgurnus anguillicaudatus
LC 💧 Freshwater
Prussian carp
Carassius gibelio
💧 Freshwater
Pterygoplichthys Anisitsi
Pterygoplichthys anisitsi
LC 💧 Freshwater
Pungtungia Herzi
Pungtungia herzi
LC 💧 Freshwater
Red shiner
Cyprinella lutrensis
LC 💧 Freshwater
Roho labeo
Labeo rohita
LC 💧 Freshwater
Rudd
Scardinius erythrophthalmus
LC 💧 Freshwater
Ruffe
Gymnocephalus cernua
LC 💧 Freshwater
Sarcocheilichthys Variegatus
Sarcocheilichthys variegatus
LC 💧 Freshwater
Small snakehead
Channa asiatica
LC 💧 Freshwater
Snakeskin gourami
Trichopodus pectoralis
LC 💧 Freshwater
Squalidus Gracilis
Squalidus gracilis
LC 💧 Freshwater
Sterlet sturgeon
Acipenser ruthenus
EN 💧 Freshwater
Stone loach
Barbatula barbatula
LC 💧 Freshwater
Striped bitterling
Acheilognathus cyanostigma
EN 💧 Freshwater
Tachysurus Nudiceps
Tachysurus nudiceps
💧 Freshwater
Tanakia Lanceolata
Tanakia lanceolata
💧 Freshwater
Three-lips
Opsariichthys uncirostris
NT 💧 Freshwater
Vermiculated sailfin catfish
Pterygoplichthys disjunctivus
LC 💧 Freshwater
Wels catfish
Silurus glanis
LC 💧 Freshwater
White cloud mountain minnow
Tanichthys albonubes
DD 💧 Freshwater
カネヒラ
Acheilognathus rhombeus
💧 Freshwater
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