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  • July 6, 2022

Characteristics and How to Keep Numamuts

The common mitsu is a member of the carp family Kawamutu of the order Carp, found in rivers around Lake Biwa in Shizuoka and Shiga prefectures, along the coast of the Seto Inland Sea in the Chugoku and Shikoku regions, and along the Ariake Sea coast in Kyushu. The numa-mutsu is also a Japanese solid [...].

  • June 29, 2022

Characteristics of the pine cone shell and how to keep it

Pine cone mussels are bivalves with thick black or dark brown shells. They are found in the lower reaches of rivers and irrigation ditches on the plains of Japan except Okinawa and Hokkaido, where the water quality is good and the currents are slow and the bottoms are sandy and muddy. The pine cone mussel has a thick black or dark brown shell.

  • June 22, 2022

Characteristics of the Dove Guy and how to keep it

Dobu mussels are found in East Asia, in Japan, China, the Korean Peninsula, and Taiwan. They have thin green to black shells that often crack spontaneously as they dry out. Many people keep the Dobugai as a spawning ground for bitterlings. In this issue, we will discuss the [...].

  • June 8, 2022

Characteristics and How to Keep Motsugo

Motsugo is a river fish of the carp family, Carpidae, in the genus Motsugo, with a silvery-white coloration and a single black vertical line on the side of the body. The motsugo is a silvery-white fish with a single black vertical line on the side of its body. In this article, we will discuss the characteristics of the motsugo and its keeping [...].

  • June 1, 2022

Catfish Characteristics and How to Keep Them

The catfish belongs to the family of the catfishes of the order Catlocidae, which inhabits Japan, China, the Korean Peninsula, and Taiwan in East Asia. It is a river fish with a large, flat head and a broad mouth characterized by a long mustache. The tanigawa catfish belongs to a species endemic to Japan. In this article, we will discuss in detail the characteristics of the catfish and how to keep it [...].

  • May 25, 2022

Characteristics of reed warblers and how to keep them

The reef fish is a member of the family Gobyidae of the order Perchidae, found in rivers and lakes in tropical and temperate regions such as Japan and Southeast Asia. It is a river fish characterized by its sucker-like ventral fins, which are evenly concave in shape toward the inside. Some species also have reddish-brown lines on their heads. In this issue, we will discuss the [...].

  • May 18, 2022

Characteristics and husbandry of Oyan lice

The Oyan louse is a river fish of the family Perciformes, which inhabits the Kinki, Chugoku, Shikoku, and northern Kyushu regions west of the Yodo and Yura Rivers in Japan. It is also endangered in some places [...].

  • May 11, 2022

Characteristics of Kawamutsu and how to keep it

Kawamutsu is a genus of river fish in the family Carpidae, order Carp, that inhabits rivers and lakes in China and the Korean Peninsula in East Asia and in Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu west of the Tenryu River that flows through Nagano, Aichi, and Shizuoka Prefectures in Japan and the Noto Peninsula in the western part of Japan. [...]

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