Ebinania vermiculata
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The akadonko sculpin has white, threadlike folds around its jaws.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Ebinania vermiculata
- Scientific name
- Ebinania vermiculata
- Japanese name
- アカドンコ
- Group
- Ocean animals
- Order
- Perciformes
- Family
- Psychrolutidae
- Genus
- Ebinania
A fish that lives in the deep sea off Japan's Pacific coast from Hokkaido to Choshi in Chiba, and in the Kumano Sea.
It looks like a "dull fish" (donko), and because it is also a little reddish, it is said to have been given this name.
Basic data
- Range
- The Pacific coast from Hokkaido to Choshi in Chiba, and the Kumano Sea
Where the Ebinania vermiculata has been recorded
Records: GBIF.org (CC0 and CC BY 4.0 records, retrieved 2026-11-07). Map: Natural EarthSee the records on GBIF
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Names around the world
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 — アカドンコChecked: 2026-11-04
- 岩手県水産技術センター — 底魚図鑑-4（アカドンコ）Checked: 2026-11-07
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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