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Kakure-tomiyo (freshwater stickleback)

Pungitius modestus

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This is a small stickleback that lives in spring-fed waters in Tendo and Higashine, Yamagata Prefecture. It depends on cool, clean spring water and lives among aquatic plants. Found only in very limited places, it is protected together with its habitat.

Scientific name
Pungitius modestus
Group
Fish
Prefectures
Yamagata
日本語
カクレトミヨ
简体中文
隐刺鱼(Kakure-tomiyo)

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Yes. The Kakure-tomiyo (freshwater stickleback) is protected as a Natural Monument (0 national and 1 prefectural designations). Each designated site is listed under "Natural Monuments related to the Kakure-tomiyo (freshwater stickleback)" on this page.

The Kakure-tomiyo (freshwater stickleback) is designated as a species without a fixed area and lives in places such as Yamagata.

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