Yellowfin seabream
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Many yellowfin seabream change from male to female as they grow.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Yellowfin seabream
- Scientific name
- Acanthopagrus latus
- Japanese name
- キチヌ（キビレ）
- Group
- Ocean animals
- Order
- Spariformes
- Family
- Sparidae
- Genus
- Acanthopagrus
A fish that lives along the coasts of Japan south of the Boso Peninsula and in seas from the Indian Ocean to the western Pacific.
It looks like the blackhead seabream, also called chinu, but its fins are yellow, so it is called kichinu (yellow chinu).
How the Yellowfin seabream lives
It lives where seawater mixes with river water and often enters the lower reaches of rivers. It eats a varied diet, especially crustaceans, ragworms and shellfish. In autumn, it lays eggs on rocky shores in bays facing the open sea.
大阪府立環境農林水産総合研究所Basic data
- Range
- South of the Boso Peninsula coast and the Indian and western Pacific Oceans
Where the Yellowfin seabream 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
- キチヌ（キビレ）
- 简体中文
- 黄鳍棘鲷
- 繁體中文
- 黃鰭棘鯛
- 한국어
- 새눈치
- Italiano
- Orata del Pacifico
- বাংলা
- হলদে দাতিনা
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 — キチヌChecked: 2026-11-04
- 大阪府立環境農林水産総合研究所 — キチヌ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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