Black Stripe Gudgeon
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A black stripe runs along the side of the black stripe gudgeon.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Black Stripe Gudgeon
- Scientific name
- Pungtungia herzi
- Japanese name
- ムギツク
- Group
- Freshwater animals
- Order
- Cypriniformes
- Family
- Cyprinidae
- Genus
- Pungtungia
It lives in Honshu west of Fukui, Mie and the Yodo River system, and in Shikoku and Kyushu.
It lays its eggs in the nests of other fish, such as the oyanirami, donko and gigi, a habit called brood parasitism.
How the Black Stripe Gudgeon lives
It pecks at stones while eating aquatic insects. It hides in gaps among rocks or aquatic plants. Places where it lays eggs include the undersides of large stones and cracks in rock.
国立環境研究所Basic data
- Range
- Honshu west of Fukui, Mie and the Yodo River basin, Shikoku, and Kyushu
Where the Black Stripe Gudgeon 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 — ムギツクChecked: 2026-11-04
- 国立環境研究所 — ムギツクChecked: 2026-11-07
- 国土交通省 中国地方整備局 太田川河川事務所 — ムギツク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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