Razorfish
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An illustration based on the real animal.
A little discovery to share.
Razorfish also live in waters around the Philippines and Fiji.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Razorfish
- Scientific name
- Aeoliscus strigatus
- Japanese name
- ヘコアユ
- Group
- Ocean animals
- Order
- Syngnathiformes
- Family
- Centriscidae
- Genus
- Aeoliscus
It slips into gaps among seaweed and long-spined sea urchins called gangaze, and lives together with them.
When an enemy attacks, it can also turn its body sideways and swim away like an ordinary fish.
Basic data
- Range
- Pacific coast from Sagami Bay to southern Kyushu, Yakushima, Ryukyu Islands, Taiwan, and elsewhere
Where the Razorfish 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
- ヘコアユ
- 简体中文
- 条纹虾鱼
- 繁體中文
- 條紋鰕魚
- Español
- Pez navaja articulado
- Français
- Poisson-couteau
- Português (Brasil)
- Peixe-navalha-do-coral
- Italiano
- Pesce rasoio
- Bahasa Indonesia
- Piso-piso
- Tiếng Việt
- Cá dao cạo
- Русский
- Обыкновенная кривохвостка
- ไทย
- ปลามีดโกน
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 — ヘコアユ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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