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Prefectural Natural Monument
Fish
Hikari Grass Puffer Spawning Ground
光のクサフグ産卵地 · Hikarinokusafugusanranchi
- Designated by
- Prefectural / Natural Monument
- Designation type
- Habitat / breeding site
- Designated on
- February 4, 1969
- Location
- 山口県光市室積
- Prefectures
- Yamaguchi
- Scientific name
- Takifugu alboplumbeus
About the Grass Puffer
A small pufferfish of shallow coastal waters that gathers on gravel beaches on spring-tide nights to spawn. Murozumi in Hikari, Yamaguchi, is a well-known spawning ground, and the sight of many puffers crowding onto the beach is protected as a Natural Monument of Yamaguchi Prefecture.
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Approximate location of the designated site (municipality centre).
Frequently asked questions
The designated site is in 山口県光市室積.
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