Hairchin Goby
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The hairchin goby has brown markings scattered across its body.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Hairchin Goby
- Scientific name
- Sagamia geneionema
- Japanese name
- サビハゼ
- Group
- Ocean animals
- Order
- Gobiiformes
- Family
- Gobiidae
- Genus
- Sagamia
It lives from Aomori to Kyushu in Japan, and along the south coast of Korea and around Jeju Island.
How the Hairchin Goby lives
It lives on sandy or muddy bottoms in shallow seas. When young, it swims around in groups near the seabed. Adults can be seen on their own on sandy bottoms.
公益財団法人 環日本海環境協力センター宇久井ビジターセンターBasic data
- Range
- South of Aomori to Kyushu, southern Korean Peninsula, and Jeju Island
Where the Hairchin Goby 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
- サビハゼ
- 简体中文
- 相模鰕虎鱼
- 繁體中文
- 相模鰕虎魚
- 한국어
- 바닥문절
- Português (Brasil)
- Góbio-de-barbicha
- Русский
- Японский бычок-айнос
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 — サビハゼChecked: 2026-11-04
- 公益財団法人 環日本海環境協力センター — サビハゼChecked: 2026-11-07
- 宇久井ビジターセンター — サビハゼ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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