Japanese seabass
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Japanese sea bass can live in river freshwater as well as in the sea.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Japanese seabass
- Scientific name
- Lateolabrax japonicus
- Japanese name
- スズキ
- Group
- Ocean animals
- Order
- Perciformes
- Family
- Lateolabracidae
- Genus
- Lateolabrax
Where the name “Japanese seabass” comes from
A theory traces its Japanese name to “susugi,” or rinsing, because its flesh looks white as if rinsed clean.
公益財団法人 四万十川財団A fish of Japanese seas from Hokkaido to Kyushu, and of the southern and western coasts of the Korean Peninsula.
How the Japanese seabass lives
They are active from evening through night and in the early morning. They eat more fish in summer and more shrimp in winter. In Osaka Bay, they leave the shore and gather offshore in the southern bay when winter cold spells arrive. They lay eggs in the evening on windy days.
大阪府立環境農林水産総合研究所Basic data
- Range
- Hokkaido, Sea of Japan and East China Sea from Aomori to western Kyushu, Pacific coast to Hyuga Sea, Korean Peninsula, and elsewhere
Where the Japanese seabass 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
- スズキ
- 简体中文
- 日本真鲈
- 繁體中文
- 日本花鱸
- 한국어
- 점농어
- Français
- Bar du Japon
- Português (Brasil)
- Robalo-japonês
- Italiano
- Spigola giapponese
- Tiếng Việt
- Cá Vược Nhật
- Русский
- Японский морской судак
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 — スズキChecked: 2026-11-04
- 大阪府立環境農林水産総合研究所 — スズキChecked: 2026-11-07
- 公益財団法人 四万十川財団 — 四万十川の魚 １２０ スズキ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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