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Kakure-tomiyo (freshwater stickleback)

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.

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Yamagata
日本語
カクレトミヨ
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隐刺鱼(Kakure-tomiyo)

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The Kakure-tomiyo (freshwater stickleback) is protected as a Natural Monument of Japan (1 designation). This is a small stickleback that lives in…

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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