Dictyosoma burgeri
Amazing fact
Dainan pricklebacks differ in dorsal-fin structure between the Sea of Japan and Pacific coasts.
新潟市水族館 マリンピア日本海
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Dainan pricklebacks differ in dorsal-fin structure between the Sea of Japan and Pacific coasts.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Dictyosoma burgeri
- Scientific name
- Dictyosoma burgeri
- Japanese name
- ダイナンギンポ
- Group
- Ocean animals
- Order
- Perciformes
- Family
- Stichaeidae
- Genus
- Dictyosoma
It lives along the coasts of Japan from Hokkaido to Kyushu, in the Seto Inland Sea, and around Korea and China's Shandong Province.
On its sides, several lateral lines and the branches linking them form a net-like pattern.
Basic data
- Range
- The Sea of Japan coast from Hokkaido to Nagasaki, the Pacific coast from Hokkaido to Ise Bay, and elsewhere
Where the Dictyosoma burgeri 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
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 — ダイナンギンポChecked: 2026-11-04
- 新潟市水族館 マリンピア日本海 — ダイナンギンポ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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