Japanese goatfish
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The Japanese goatfish eats small crustaceans and other prey.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Japanese goatfish
- Scientific name
- Upeneus japonicus
- Japanese name
- ヒメジ
- Group
- Ocean animals
- Order
- Mulliformes
- Family
- Mullidae
- Genus
- Upeneus
Where the name “Japanese goatfish” comes from
The English name “goatfish” means “goat fish” and refers to its chin barbels.
海洋生物環境研究所It lives along the coasts of Japan from Hokkaido to Kyushu and in the seas of the Korean Peninsula, Taiwan and China.
How the Japanese goatfish lives
It lives on sandy or muddy seabeds.
新潟市水族館 マリンピア日本海Basic data
- Range
- Seto Inland Sea, East China Sea, Ryukyu Islands, Ogasawara Islands, Korean Peninsula coast, Taiwan, and elsewhere
Where the Japanese goatfish 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
- ヒメジ
- 简体中文
- 日本绯鲤
- 繁體中文
- 日本緋鯉
- 한국어
- 노랑촉수
- Italiano
- Triglia giapponese
- Русский
- Краснобрюхая козобородка
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 — ヒメジChecked: 2026-11-04
- 新潟市水族館 マリンピア日本海 — ヒメジChecked: 2026-11-07
- 海洋生物環境研究所 — 海の豆知識 Vol.62 魚名の由来-その6- 未（羊）にちなむ魚たち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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