Japanese flagfin
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An illustration based on the real animal.
A little discovery to share.
Japanese flagfin are sometimes considered an unintended catch when fishing.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Japanese flagfin
- Scientific name
- Hime japonica
- Japanese name
- ヒメ
- Group
- Ocean animals
- Order
- Aulopiformes
- Family
- Aulopidae
- Genus
- Hime
It is also listed under the scientific name Aulopus japonicus.
With its brightly colored body and big eyes, it looks like a princess, just as its name hime ("princess") suggests.
Basic data
- Range
- Japan and the Philippines
Where the Japanese flagfin 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 — ヒメ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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