Blackfin seabass

Amazing fact

The blackfin seabass has a more pointed face than the Japanese seabass.

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Blackfin seabass in its habitat (illustration)

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An illustration based on the real animal.

A little discovery to share.

The blackfin seabass has a more pointed face than the Japanese seabass.

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THE REAL WORLD

The real Blackfin seabass

Scientific name: Lateolabrax latus
Japanese name: ヒラスズキ
Group: Ocean animals

Order: Perciformes
Family: Lateolabracidae
Genus: Lateolabrax

Facts about the real animal.

A fish of Japanese seas, from Aomori through Kyushu to Okinawa Island.

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It looks like the Japanese seabass, but it can be told apart by its deeper body and tail base and its flatter, side-to-side shape.

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How the Blackfin seabass lives

Young fish can also be found in estuaries where rivers meet the sea. Adults live in places such as rocky shores exposed to strong waves. It attacks and eats prey such as fish. It lays eggs from winter to spring.

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Basic data

Range: Fukaura, Oga, Sado, Sea of Japan and East China Sea coast from Yamaguchi to southern Kyushu, Okinawa Island, and elsewhere

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Where the Blackfin seabass has been recorded

Records: GBIF.org (CC0 and CC BY 4.0 records, retrieved 2026-11-07). Map: Natural EarthSee the records on GBIF

Where it livesJapan Ocean

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: ヒラスズキ
简体中文: 宽花鲈
繁體中文: 寬花鱸
한국어: 넙치농어
Português (Brasil): Labracio-escuro

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 — ヒラスズキChecked: 2026-11-04
いおワールドかごしま水族館 — ヒラスズキChecked: 2026-11-07
三重県 — ヒラスズキ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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