Short-nosed tripodfish
Amazing fact
The shortnose tripodfish has a dark membrane between the spines of its dorsal fin.
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The shortnose tripodfish has a dark membrane between the spines of its dorsal fin.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Short-nosed tripodfish
- Scientific name
- Triacanthus biaculeatus
- Japanese name
- ギマ
- Group
- Ocean animals
- Order
- Tetraodontiformes
- Family
- Triacanthidae
- Genus
- Triacanthus
Where the name “Short-nosed tripodfish” comes from
The name gima may come from ginba, meaning silver horse, for its silvery, horse-like appearance. Another idea links its rough skin to gima, a fabric with a hemp-like texture.
海響館It lives from the Pacific coast of Japan and other Japanese waters to the southern coast of the Korean Peninsula and from India to the western Pacific.
Basic data
- Diet
- Benthic invertebrates
- Range
- Seto Inland Sea, Yakushima, Okinawa, southern and southeastern Korean Peninsula coast, India to western Pacific, and elsewhere
Where the Short-nosed tripodfish 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
- ギマ
- 简体中文
- 双棘三刺鲀
- 繁體中文
- 雙棘三棘魨
- 한국어
- 은비늘치
- Português (Brasil)
- Triacanto-de-focinho-curto
- العربية
- كليب الدو ذو حدين
- Bahasa Indonesia
- Cupang-cupang sirip kuning
- Русский
- Чернопёрый троешип
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 — ギマChecked: 2026-11-04
- Museums Victoria — Shortnose Tripodfish, Triacanthus biaculeatusChecked: 2026-11-07
- 海響館 — ギマ！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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