Spiny red gurnard
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An illustration based on the real animal.
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Spiny red gurnards have bright blue edging and spots on their pectoral fins.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Spiny red gurnard
- Scientific name
- Chelidonichthys spinosus
- Japanese name
- ホウボウ
- Group
- Ocean animals
- Order
- Scorpaeniformes
- Family
- Triglidae
- Genus
- Chelidonichthys
Where the name “Spiny red gurnard” comes from
Its Japanese name may come from the angular shape of its head.
葛西臨海水族園It lives on sandy and muddy seafloors in fairly deep water. Males sometimes make a "boo-boo" sound using their swim bladder.
Its large, fan-like pectoral fins are blue-green. It usually keeps them folded and spreads them wide when it swims.
Some rays of its pectoral fins are split off into separate feelers. It moves them like fingers to find and eat creatures hidden in the sand.
How the Spiny red gurnard lives
They swim slowly, as if gliding through the water.
葛西臨海水族園Basic data
- Size
- Total length: 40 cm
- Diet
- Animals in the sand
- Range
- Southern Hokkaido southward, East China Sea, and South China Sea
Where the Spiny red gurnard 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
- ホウボウ
- 简体中文
- 小银绿鳍鱼
- 繁體中文
- 棘黑角魚
- 한국어
- 성대
- Español
- Rubio rojo
- Português (Brasil)
- Falso-voador-borboleta
Names come from Wikidata and iNaturalist records. Where a language has no recorded name, we use the scientific name.
Sources and how we check
- 葛西臨海水族園 — ホウボウChecked: 2026-11-03
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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Places that keep or show the Spiny red gurnard
Zoos, aquariums and other places whose official websites say they keep or show this animal.
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Displays can change with the animals’ health and the seasons. Check each facility’s official website before you go.
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