Wataka
Ischikauia steenackeri
Photo: Totti / CC BY-SA 4.0 / Wikimedia Commons
The Wataka is a cyprinid freshwater fish that is unusual in feeding largely on water plants. It originally inhabited Lake Biwa and the Yodo River system. The populations in the mirror ponds of Todai-ji in Nara and Isonokami Shrine in Tenri, long resident there, are designated Natural Monuments.
- Scientific name
- Ischikauia steenackeri
- Group
- Fish
- Prefectures
- Nara
- Japanese Red List (Ministry of the Environment)
- Critically EndangeredMinistry of the Environment Red List 2020
- 日本語
- ワタカ
- 简体中文
- 日本石川鱼
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The Wataka is designated as a species without a fixed area and lives in places such as Nara.
The Wataka is listed as "Critically Endangered" in the Ministry of the Environment Red List 2020 (listed as ワタカ).
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