Redlip morwong
Amazing fact
The redlip morwong has diagonal yellow and black stripes across its body.
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The redlip morwong has diagonal yellow and black stripes across its body.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Redlip morwong
- Scientific name
- Cheilodactylus zebra
- Japanese name
- ミギマキ
- Group
- Ocean animals
- Order
- Centrarchiformes
- Family
- Cheilodactylidae
- Genus
- Cheilodactylus
It is also listed under the scientific name Goniistius zebra.
It lives along Japan's Pacific coast from the outer Boso area of Chiba to southern Kyushu, around Yakushima, and in Taiwan.
How the Redlip morwong lives
Around Hachijo Island, it can be seen resting on sandy seafloors.
東京都公園協会 八丈ビジターセンターBasic data
- Range
- The Pacific coast from outer Boso in Chiba to southern Kyushu, Yakushima, Izu Islands, Ogasawara Islands, Amami Oshima, and Taiwan
Where the Redlip morwong 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
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 — ミギマキChecked: 2026-11-04
- 東京都公園協会 八丈ビジターセンター — ミギマキ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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