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The Black kokanee or Kunimasu, once thought to be extinct, is now classed as extinct in the wild. This list of freshwater fish recorded in Japan is primarily based on the IUCN Red List, which, for fish found in inland waters, details the conservation status of some two hundred and sixty-one species, seventy-three of them endemic. [1]
Reconstruction of West Indian Ocean coelacanth Preserved Latimeria menadoensis, Tokyo Sea Life Park, Japan. Latimeria chalumnae and L. menadoensis are the only two known living coelacanth species. [8] [27] Coelacanths are large, plump, lobe-finned fish that can grow to more than 2 m (6.6 ft) and weigh around 90 kg (200 lb). [28]
The Kunimasu species was originally endemic to a single location, Lake Tazawa in Akita Prefecture, Japan. [2] In 1935, eyed eggs (a fertilized stage of eggs) of this fish species were introduced into several other lakes in Japan, including Lake Saiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, in an attempt at translocation that was thought to have been unsuccessful. [2]
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As of September 2016, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) lists 65 extinct fish species, 87 possibly extinct fish species, and six extinct in the wild fish species. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Cartilaginous fish
On April 25, 1977, the Japanese trawler Zuiyō Maru, fishing east of Christchurch, New Zealand, caught a strange, unknown creature in the trawl.The crew was convinced it was an unidentified animal, [4] but despite the potential biological significance of the curious discovery, the captain, Akira Tanaka, decided to dump the carcass into the ocean again so not to risk spoiling the fish caught.
Hokkaido wolf (Canis lupus hattai), one of 110 [1] taxa classed as Extinct [2] on the 2020 Japanese Red List (Hokkaido University Museum). The Japanese Red List (レッドリスト, reddo risuto) is the Japanese domestic counterpart to the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
Before Japan's 2011 earthquake, one of the most catastrophic in history, 20 oarfish washed ashore, per news reports. A 4.4 earthquake rattled Los Angeles on Monday, Aug. 12, just two days after ...