Ditrema temminckii
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THE REAL WORLD
The real Ditrema temminckii
- Scientific name
- Ditrema temminckii
- Japanese name
- ウミタナゴ
- Group
- Ocean animals
- Order
- Blenniiformes
- Family
- Embiotocidae
- Genus
- Ditrema
This page covers the species Ditrema temmincki; it is also listed under the subspecies name Ditrema temmincki temmincki.
It lives on rocky reefs and nearby sandy bottoms, and is found from the Tsugaru Strait to the coasts of Kyushu, and around Korea and China.
It is known as a live-bearing fish that raises its young inside its belly, from eggs to baby fish.
Basic data
- Range
- The Pacific coast from the Tsugaru Strait to Fukushima, and the Sea of Japan and East China Sea coast to northwestern Kyushu, and elsewhere
Where the Ditrema temminckii 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
- ウミタナゴ
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 — ウミタナゴChecked: 2026-11-04
- 鶴岡市立加茂水族館 — ウミタナゴ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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