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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] [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] They are estimated to live up to 100 years, based on analysis of annual growth marks on scales, and reach maturity around the age of 55; [ 29 ] the oldest known specimen was 84 years old at the time of its ...
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
Japan's fishing and seafood industry is under threat as warming sea temperatures spur changes in marine life behavior and migration patterns. Japan loves its sushi. But the fish are disappearing
Historically, this anadromous fish was found in China, Japan, and the Korean Peninsula, but it has been extirpated from Korea, Japan, and most regions in China due to habitat loss and overfishing. [1] It is strictly protected by the Chinese government, named a "national treasure" much like its mammalian counterpart, the giant panda.
Researchers have rediscovered a rare fish species presumed to be extinct after it was not seen for more than eight decades. The last sighting of the Chel snakehead, or Channa amphibeus, was last ...
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]
The dugong (dugong dugon) VU VU at a global level on the IUCN Red List, CR on the Japanese Red List; [2] those found in the waters around northern Okinawa Island comprise the northernmost population globally [9] and are protected as a Natural Monument under the 1950 Law for the Protection of Cultural Properties [10]