Pseudoblennius cottoides
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THE REAL WORLD
The real Pseudoblennius cottoides
- Scientific name
- Pseudoblennius cottoides
- Japanese name
- アサヒアナハゼ
- Group
- Ocean animals
- Order
- Perciformes
- Family
- Cottidae
- Genus
- Pseudoblennius
It lives in Japanese seas from southwestern Hokkaido to Kyushu, and around the Korean Peninsula.
It has oval white spots on the lower part of its side, toward the belly and anal fin.
How the Pseudoblennius cottoides lives
Its egg-laying season is in winter. Males and females mate.
福岡県新潟大学佐渡自然共生科学センター臨海実験所Basic data
- Range
- Southwestern Hokkaido, Tsugaru Strait, Seto Inland Sea, Osaka Bay, southern eastern Korea, Jeju, Ulleung, and elsewhere
Where the Pseudoblennius cottoides 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
- アサヒアナハゼ
- 简体中文
- 银带鳚杜父鱼
- 繁體中文
- 銀帶鳚杜父魚
- 한국어
- 가시망둑
- Русский
- Керчаковая ложная собачка
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 — アサヒアナハゼChecked: 2026-11-04
- 新潟大学佐渡自然共生科学センター臨海実験所 — アサヒアナハゼChecked: 2026-11-07
- 福岡県 — アサヒアナハゼ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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