Yellowsail red bass
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The yellowsail red bass has pink lines on its orange body.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Yellowsail red bass
- Scientific name
- Callanthias japonicus
- Japanese name
- シキシマハナダイ
- Group
- Ocean animals
- Order
- Perciformes
- Family
- Callanthiidae
- Genus
- Callanthias
It lives along the Sea of Japan and Pacific coasts from Honshu to Kyushu, and in seas around places such as Jeju Island and southern Taiwan.
Basic data
- Range
- Sea of Japan and East China Sea coasts from Akita, Sakata and Mitsumi Island to southern Kyushu, and elsewhere
Where the Yellowsail red bass 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
- シキシマハナダイ
- 简体中文
- 花美鮨
- 繁體中文
- 日本麗花鮨
- 한국어
- 노랑벤자리
- Español
- Perca rey dorada
- Français
- Barbier royal d'or
- Português (Brasil)
- Perca-real-do-norte
- Русский
- Японский каллантиас
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 — シキシマハナダイChecked: 2026-11-04
- 新潟市水族館 マリンピア日本海 — シキシマハナダイを採集しました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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