Korean Bullhead
📖 Overview
Stay at the bottom of warm waters. Often enters port and river mouth. Feeds on small shrimps and fishes .
🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
Dorsal spines (total): 7; Anal soft rays: 17 - 18. Nude without scale, smooth skin. Small eyes, ellipse shaped. Evident lateral line; high dorsal fin. Black brown in the dorsal, light grey in the body side, white in the stomach, yellowish brown in dorsal, caudal, and pectoral fins, adipose fin colored grey brown.: elongated.
🌀 Behaviour
Behavioural data for Korean Bullhead is currently being reviewed.
🦐 Diet
🥚 Reproduction
🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Freshwater; brackish; demersal. Temperate east Huang He.
🌿 Ecology
small shrimps and fishes (Ref
📐 Morphometrics
🛡️ Conservation Assessment
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
🌐 Names & Taxonomy
| Language | Common Names |
|---|---|
| 🇬🇧English | Korean Bullhead |
| 🌍CES | sumíček kosatkovitý |
| 🇩🇪German | Gelber Drachenwels |
| 🇯🇵Japanese | コウライギギ |
| 🇰🇷Korean | 동자개 |
| 🇵🇱Polish | kosatka pstra |
| 🇷🇺Russian | Китайская косатка · Косатка-скрипун |
| 🇨🇳Chinese | 瘋鱨 · 黃顙魚 · 黄颡拟鲿 |
🦠 Common Diseases
The following diseases are known to affect Korean Bullhead.
🔍 Similar Species
🗺️ Global Occurrence Map
Occurrence records from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) - 1 records indexed .
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