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  2. Japanese rice fish - Wikipedia

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    The Japanese rice fish (Oryzias latipes), also known as the medaka, [2] is a member of genus Oryzias (), the only genus in the subfamily Oryziinae.This small (up to about 3.6 cm or 1.4 in) native of Japan is a denizen of rice paddies, marshes, ponds, slow-moving streams and tide pools.

  3. Ricefish - Wikipedia

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    The Japanese rice fish (O. latipes), also known as the medaka, is a popular model organism used in research in developmental biology. This species has traveled into space, where they have the distinction of being the first vertebrate to mate and produce healthy young in space. [6]

  4. Oryzias - Wikipedia

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    Some species are widespread and the Japanese rice fish (O. latipes) is commonly used in science as a model organism, while others have very small ranges and are threatened. [4] They are small, up to 8 cm (3.1 in) long, and most are relatively plain in colour. [5] The genus name Oryzias is a reference to the scientific name for rice, Oryza. [4]

  5. List of Japanese dishes - Wikipedia

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    A Japanese dinner Japanese breakfast foods Tempura udon. Below is a list of dishes found in Japanese cuisine. Apart from rice, staples in Japanese cuisine include noodles, such as soba and udon. Japan has many simmered dishes such as fish products in broth called oden, or beef in sukiyaki and nikujaga.

  6. Donburi - Wikipedia

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    Donburi (丼, literally "bowl", also abbreviated to "-don" as a suffix, less commonly spelled "domburi") is a Japanese "rice-bowl dish" consisting of fish, meat, vegetables or other ingredients simmered together and served over rice. Donburi meals are usually served in oversized rice bowls which are also called donburi.

  7. List of freshwater fish of Japan - Wikipedia

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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]

  8. Funazushi - Wikipedia

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    The Shiming, written in southern China in the 3rd century, describes fermenting fish mixed with salt and rice, indicating that the basic process was already developed at this time. [9] However, as discussed below, there is a theory that Japanese sushi was rediscovered by Japan on its own. [9]

  9. Onigiri - Wikipedia

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    Okowa or kowa-meshi: glutinous rice cooked or steamed with vegetables; Sekihan: rice cooked with red azuki beans; Maze-gohan: rice cooked with various preferred ingredients; Fried rice; Brown rice; The rice may be seasoned with salt, sesame, furikake, dried shiso flakes, and so on. Onigiri are typically triangular, but can come in many shapes ...