Hilgendorf's Saucord
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Hilgendorf's saucord moves into deeper water as it grows.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Hilgendorf's Saucord
- Scientific name
- Helicolenus hilgendorfii
- Japanese name
- ユメカサゴ
- Group
- Ocean animals
- Order
- Scorpaeniformes
- Family
- Scorpaenidae
- Genus
- Helicolenus
Where the name “Hilgendorf's Saucord” comes from
It is also called Nodoguro because the inside of its mouth is black.
新潟市水族館 マリンピア日本海A fish that lives along the coasts of Japan from Aomori to Kyushu and in the East China Sea, as far as Jeju Island and Taiwan.
How the Hilgendorf's Saucord lives
It often stays still on the seabed. It catches prey with a sudden movement. It eats crustaceans and fish.
沖縄美ら海水族館鶴岡市立加茂水族館Basic data
- Range
- Pacific coast from Aomori to Satsunan Peninsula, Izu Islands, East China Sea, Jeju Island, Taiwan, and elsewhere
Where the Hilgendorf's Saucord 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
- ユメカサゴ
- 简体中文
- 赫氏无鳔鲉
- 繁體中文
- 赫氏無鰾鮋
- 한국어
- 홍감펭
- Português (Brasil)
- Cantarilho-de-Hilgendorf
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 — ユメカサゴChecked: 2026-11-04
- 沖縄美ら海水族館 — ユメカサゴChecked: 2026-11-07
- 鶴岡市立加茂水族館 — ユメカサゴChecked: 2026-11-07
- 新潟市水族館 マリンピア日本海 — ユメカサゴ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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