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Hidden Stickleback Habitat in Takagi District, Tendo, and Hanyu District, Higashine

天童市高木地区及び東根市羽入地区のカクレトミヨ生息地 · Tendoushitakagichikuoyobihigashineshihanyuuchikunokakuretomiyoseisokuchi

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Prefectural / Natural Monument
Designation type
Habitat / breeding site
Designated on
April 1, 1986
Location
山形県天童市・東根市
Prefectures
Yamagata
Designation facts (name, date, location) are compiled from public records by Japanese authorities.

About the 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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Hidden Stickleback Habitat in Takagi District, Tendo, and Hanyu District, Higashine is a Prefectural Natural Monument of Japan (山形県天童市・東根市). This is…

The designated site is in 山形県天童市・東根市.

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