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An illustration based on the real animal.
A little discovery to share.
The horsehead tilefish has white flesh.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Horsehead tilefish
- Scientific name
- Branchiostegus japonicus
- Japanese name
- アカアマダイ
- Group
- Ocean animals
- Order
- Perciformes
- Family
- Malacanthidae
- Genus
- Branchiostegus
It lives along the coasts from Honshu to Kyushu, in the Seto Inland Sea and the East China Sea, and also in places such as the Yellow Sea and northern Taiwan.
Basic data
- Range
- Ibaraki, Pacific coast from outer Boso to southern Kyushu, Sea of Japan and East China Sea coasts, and elsewhere
Where the Horsehead tilefish has been recorded
Records: GBIF.org (CC0 and CC BY 4.0 records, retrieved 2026-11-07). Map: Natural EarthSee the records on GBIF
Watch wild animals from a distance. Do not touch or feed them, and take care of the places where they live.
Names around the world
- 日本語
- アカアマダイ
- 简体中文
- 日本方头鱼
- 繁體中文
- 日本馬頭魚
- 한국어
- 옥돔
- Español
- Blanquillo
- Português (Brasil)
- Latigo-japonês
- العربية
- سمك برانشيوستيجوس الياباني
- Tiếng Việt
- Cá nàng đào
- Русский
- Японский амадай
Names come from Wikidata and iNaturalist records. Where a language has no recorded name, we use the scientific name.
Sources and how we check
- 鳥羽水族館 — アカアマダイChecked: 2026-11-04
We check each fact against its source. The illustrations simplify how the real animal looks.
The classification (class, order, family, genus) follows Wikidata records, checked against GBIF. Classifications can change as research goes on.
The basic data are the values given in each source. They vary with how the animal is measured, whether it is male or female, and whether it lives in the wild or in captivity.
This page was translated from the original Japanese with the help of AI.
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