Minous pusillus
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The Yaseokoze stingfish often has hydroids attached to its body.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Minous pusillus
- Scientific name
- Minous pusillus
- Japanese name
- ヤセオコゼ
- Group
- Ocean animals
- Order
- Scorpaeniformes
- Family
- Scorpaenidae
- Genus
- Minous
It lives in the sea from Suruga Bay to southern Kyushu on Japan's Pacific side, and around places such as the Korean Peninsula and the Philippines.
How the Minous pusillus lives
During the day, it buries itself in the sand or mud on the seabed. It lives in sheltered bays and shallow waters close to shore. It is thought to also live in deeper waters offshore.
FishBaseBasic data
- Range
- East China Sea, Korean Peninsula, Philippines, New Caledonia, and elsewhere
Where the Minous pusillus 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 — ヤセオコゼChecked: 2026-11-04
- FishBase — Minous pusillus, Dwarf stingfishChecked: 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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