Spotty belly greenling
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Spotty belly greenlings have a conspicuous line called the lateral line.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Spotty belly greenling
- Scientific name
- Hexagrammos agrammus
- Japanese name
- クジメ
- Group
- Ocean animals
- Order
- Scorpaeniformes
- Family
- Hexagrammidae
- Genus
- Hexagrammos
A fish that lives along the coasts of Japan from Hokkaido to Kyushu and in the Seto Inland Sea, and off Korea and China.
It is often mistaken for the similar-looking ainame (fat greenling), but it can be told apart because it does not grow as large, among other things.
Basic data
- Range
- The Sea of Japan coast from Hokkaido to Nagasaki and the Goto Islands, the Pacific coast from Hokkaido to Tosa Bay, and elsewhere
Where the Spotty belly greenling 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
- クジメ
- 简体中文
- 斑头六线鱼
- 繁體中文
- 斑頭六線魚
- 한국어
- 노래미
- Português (Brasil)
- Lorcha-de-barriga-pintada
- Русский
- Однолинейный терпуг
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 — クジメ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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