Four-fingered rockskipper
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The rockskipper Yodarekake can hop across the water surface to another rock.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Four-fingered rockskipper
- Scientific name
- Andamia tetradactylus
- Japanese name
- ヨダレカケ
- Group
- Ocean animals
- Order
- Blenniiformes
- Family
- Blenniidae
- Genus
- Andamia
Where the name “Four-fingered rockskipper” comes from
Its Japanese name, Yodarekake, comes from the suction disc on its lower lip.
黒潮生物研究所It lives from the Ryukyu Islands to Taiwan and Indonesia, and young fish have also been recorded at Aoshima in Miyazaki.
How the Four-fingered rockskipper lives
It can cling to rocks even when their surfaces are rough. When something approaches, it escapes by hopping. It lays eggs in rock holes or cracks that stay moist.
黒潮生物研究所Basic data
- Range
- Ryukyu Islands, Taiwan and Indonesia
Where the Four-fingered rockskipper 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 — ヨダレカケChecked: 2026-11-04
- 黒潮生物研究所 — ヨダレカケ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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