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National Natural Monument
Fish
Ayumodoki (Japanese Loach)
Parabotia curtus
A loach resembling a sweetfish, endemic to Japan. It survives only in a few waters in Okayama, Kyoto and Shiga, where it spawns in flooded fields and channels in the rainy season. Habitat loss has made it critically threatened, and it is strictly protected.
- Scientific name
- Parabotia curtus
- Group
- Fish
- Prefectures
- Shiga, Kyoto, Okayama
- 日本語
- アユモドキ
- 简体中文
- 拟鲇鳅
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The Ayumodoki (Japanese Loach) is designated as a species without a fixed area and lives in places such as Shiga, Kyoto, Okayama.
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