Biology:Musashi ninespine stickleback
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Short description: Species of fish
| Musashi ninespine stickleback | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Scorpaeniformes |
| Family: | Gasterosteidae |
| Genus: | Pungitius |
| Species: | P. sp.[1]
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| Pungitius sp. | |
Native habitat near the source of the Motoara River
The Musashi ninespine stickleback (Pungitius sp.) is an undescribed[2] species of fish in the stickleback genus Pungitius. Endemic to Japan, it occurs only in the Motoara River (ja) in Kumagaya, Saitama Prefecture (old Musashi Province).[2] It is the List of prefectural symbols of Japan (ja),[3] its habitat has been designated a prefectural natural monument,[4] and a main belt asteroid, the minor planet 10776 Musashitomiyo, has been named in its honour.[5] It is assessed as Critically Endangered on the 2020 Ministry of the Environment Red List.[1]
Gallery
Musashitomiyo Conservation Center
Musashi-tomiyo bus
See also
- List of freshwater fish of Japan
- Meanings of minor planet names
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Error: no
|title=specified when using {{Cite web}}" (in ja). Ministry of the Environment. 27 March 2020. https://ikilog.biodic.go.jp/rdbdata/files/redlist2020/redlist2020_tansuigyorui.csv. - ↑ 2.0 2.1 Ministry of the Environment, ed (2015) (in ja). 4. Pisces—Brackish and Fresh Water Fishes. Gyōsei Corporation. pp. 64–65. ISBN 978-4-324-09898-1.
- ↑ "Error: no
|title=specified when using {{Cite web}}" (in ja). Saitama Prefecture. https://www.pref.saitama.lg.jp/b0508/saitamakennoyseiseibutu/musasitomiyo-top.html. - ↑ "Error: no
|title=specified when using {{Cite web}}". Saitama Prefecture. https://www.pref.saitama.lg.jp/f2216/bunkazai-kensu.html. - ↑ "10776 Musashitomiyo (1991 CP1)". NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory. https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/tools/sbdb_lookup.html#/?sstr=10776.
Wikidata ☰ Q113004542 entry
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