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Prefectural Natural Monument
Fish
Oyanirami (Japanese Coreoperca)
Coreoperca kawamebari
The oyanirami is a freshwater fish about ten centimeters long with an eye-like spot on its gill cover, said to give it its name. It lives among plants and stones in slow rivers, and males guard the eggs. Its habitat in the Kuwano River, Tokushima, is a Natural Monument; the species occurs only in a limited number of western Japanese rivers.
- Scientific name
- Coreoperca kawamebari
- Group
- Fish
- Prefectures
- Tokushima
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- 简体中文
- 日本鳜鲈
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The Oyanirami (Japanese Coreoperca) is designated as a species without a fixed area and lives in places such as Tokushima.
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