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Endemic(*) marine life
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Macro World
Squid and Octopus
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Ceratosoma trilobatum and Emperor shrimp Sebastes inermis Periclimenes imperator
Tateyama, Chiba -
Blackbellied angler Lophius litulon
Osezaki, Shizuoka -
Bikunin Liparis tessellatus
Namerikawa, Toyama -
Yellowstriped Butterfish Labracoglossa argentiventris
Hatsushima, Shizuoka -
Table coral Ishigaki Island, Okinawa -
broadclub cuttlefish Sepia latimanus
Yakushima, Kagoshima
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Longnose lancetfish Alepisaurus ferox
Osezaki, Shizuoka -
Blackbellied angler(young) Lophius litulon
Oomijima, Yamaguchi -
Sand tiger shark Carcharias taurus
Ogasawara Islands,Tokyo -
Sand tiger shark Carcharias taurus
Ogasawara Islands,Tokyo -
Blackbellied angler(young) Lophius litulon
Oomijima, Yamaguchi -
Plesionika grandis Plesionika grandis
Izu Oshima, Tokyo -
Stellar rockskipper Entomacrodus stellifer
Osezaki, Shizuoka -
Kuroda's sea hare Aplysia kurodai
Ainan, Ehime -
Plesionika grandis Plesionika grandis
Izu Oshima, Tokyo -
Pacific green turtle Chelonia mydas
Hachijo Island, Tokyo -
Pacific green turtle Chelonia mydas
Hachijo Island, Tokyo -
Korean seahorse Hippocampus haema
Oomijima, Yamaguchi -
Japanese angelshark Squatina japonica
Hatsushima, Shizuoka -
Pacific green turtle Chelonia mydas
Hachijo Island, Tokyo -
Blackbellied angler Lophius litulon
Osezaki, Shizuoka -
Blackbellied angler Lophius litulon
Osezaki, Shizuoka -
Round ribbontail ray Taeniura meyeni
Hachijo Island, Tokyo -
Pacific green turtle Chelonia mydas
Hachijo Island, Tokyo -
Willowy flounder Tanakius kitaharae
Namerikawa, Toyama -
Asian sheepshead wrasse Semicossyphus reticulatus
Tateyama, Chiba -
Asian sheepshead wrasse Semicossyphus reticulatus
Tateyama, Chiba -
Japanese sea bass Lateolabrax japonicus
Osezaki, Shizuoka -
Blackbellied angler(eggs) Lophius litulon
Osezaki, Shizuoka -
Blackbellied angler(eggs) Lophius litulon
Osezaki, Shizuoka -
Red seabream Pagrus major
Koganezaki, Shizuoka -
Japanese sea bass Lateolabrax japonicus
Osezaki, Shizuoka
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coral and Honnibe croaker Nibea mitsukurii
Ishigaki Island, Okinawa -
Sand and coral Ishigaki Island, Okinawa -
Shallow seaweed Osezaki, Shizuoka -
Table coral Ishigaki Island, Okinawa -
Seaweed Oomijima, Yamaguchi -
Hard and soft coral Ainan, Ehime -
Seaweed Ainan, Ehime -
Tide pool Izu Oshima, Tokyo -
Soft coral Okinoshima, Fukuoka -
Hard coral Iriomote Island, Okinawa -
Hard coral Hachijo Island, Tokyo -
White-spotted pufferfish(Spawning bed) Torquigener albomaculosus
Amami Oshima, Kagoshima -
White-spotted pufferfish(Spawning bed) Amami Oshima, Kagoshima -
Seawee and coral Ushibuka, Kumamoto -
Coral Hachijo Island, Tokyo -
Coral Ishigaki Island, Okinawa -
Coral Ishigaki Island, Okinawa -
Coral Iriomote Island, Okinawa -
Coral Ishigaki Island, Okinawa -
Coral Tateyama, Chiba -
Short-quill sea pen Virgularia gustaviana
Tateyama, Chiba -
Short-quill sea pen Virgularia gustaviana
Ainan, Ehime -
Undewater channel Yakushima, Kagoshima -
Seaweed Susaki, Kochi -
Seaweed Susaki, Kochi -
Seaweed Kinkowan, Kagoshima -
Table coral Acropora studeri
Nagasaki -
Asian kelp Undaria pinnatifida
Hayama, Kanagawa
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Nagahana Antias Pseudanthias elongatus
Osezaki, Shizuoka -
tomato sea bass &Scalefin anthia Cephalopholis sonnerati & Pseudanthias squamipinnis
Izu Oshima, Tokyo -
Flathead grey mullet Mugil cephalus
Osezaki, Shizuoka -
Japanese jack mackerel Trachurus japonicus
Osezaki, Shizuoka -
Largescale blackfish Girella punctata
Osezaki, Shizuoka -
Scalefin anthia Pseudanthias hypselosoma
Iriomote Island, Okinawa -
Chicken grunt Parapristipoma trilineatum
Hachijo Island, Tokyo -
Spotnape cardinalfish Ostorhinchus notatus
Hachijo Island, Tokyo -
School of Scalefin anthia Pseudanthias hypselosoma
Osezaki, Shizuoka -
Scalefin anthia Pseudanthias squamipinnis
Okinoshima, Fukuoka -
lunar-tailed bigeye Priacanthus hamrur
Hachijo Island, Tokyo -
gold-lined large-eyed bream Gnathodentex aureolineatus
Iriomote Island, Okinawa -
Yellowstriped Butterfish Labracoglossa argentiventris
Hatsushima, Shizuoka -
Yellowfin goatfish Mulloidichthys vanicolensis
Hachijo Island, Tokyo -
Rifle cardinal Ostorhinchus kiensis
Osezaki, Shizuoka -
Chicken grunt Parapristipoma trilineatum
Osezaki, Shizuoka -
Heller's barracuda Sphyraena helleri
Hachijo Island, Tokyo -
Northern yellow-spotted Chromis Chromis yamakawai
Hachijo Island, Tokyo -
Northern yellow-spotted Chromis Chromis yamakawai
Hachijo Island, Tokyo -
Magenta Slender Anthias Luzonichthys waitei
Osezaki, Shizuoka -
Yellowstriped Butterfish Labracoglossa argentiventris
Mikomoto, Shizuoka -
Double lined fusilier Pterocaesio digramma
Mikomoto, Shizuoka -
Spotstripe snapper Lutjanus ophuysenii
Yakushima, Kagoshima -
Bigeye scad Selar crumenophthalmus
Kushimoto, Wakayama -
Scalefin anthia Pseudanthias squamipinnis
Osezaki, Shizuoka -
Chicken grunt Parapristipoma trilineatum
Ainan, Ehime -
Chromis Chromis
Ainan, Ehime -
Japanese splendid perch Callanthias japonicus
Okinoshima, Fukuoka -
Japanese splendid perch Callanthias japonicus
Okinoshima, Fukuoka -
Red-belted anthias Pseudanthias rubrizonatus
Kinkowan, Kagoshima -
Scalefin anthia Pseudanthias squamipinnis
Osezaki, Shizuoka -
Magenta Slender Anthias Luzonichthys waitei
Osezaki, Shizuoka -
Sakura anthias Sacura margaritacea
Osezaki, Shizuoka -
Japanese jack mackerel Trachurus japonicus
Osezaki, Shizuoka -
Sakura anthias Sacura margaritacea
Osezaki, Shizuoka -
Japanese red seaperch Sebastes inermis
Osezaki, Shizuoka
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Sakura anthias (♂♀) Sacura margaritacea
Osezaki, Shizuoka -
wrought-iron butterflyfish Chaetodon daedalma
Hachijo Island, Tokyo -
Blue-striped angelfish Chaetodontoplus septentrionalis
Kinkowan, Kagoshima -
Japanese angelfish(young) Centropyge interrupta
Hachijo Island, Tokyo -
Pseudoblennius zonostigma Pseudoblennius zonostigma
Osezaki, Shizuoka -
Pseudoblennius zonostigma Pseudoblennius zonostigma
Osezaki, Shizuoka -
Sakura anthias(♂) Sacura margaritacea
Osezaki, Shizuoka -
Halfbanded angelfish Genicanthus takeuchii
Ogasawara Islands,Tokyo -
Whitegirdled goby Pterogobius zonoleucus
Takeno, Hyogo -
Serpentine goby Pterogobius elapoides
Takeno, Hyogo -
Whitegirdled goby Pterogobius zonoleucus
Oomijima, Yamaguchi -
Whitegirdled goby Pterogobius zonoleucus
Oomijima, Yamaguchi -
Whitegirdled goby Pterogobius zonoleucus
Oomijima, Yamaguchi -
Japanese red rockfish Sebastes inermis
Osezaki, Shizuoka -
Crosshatch Triggerfish Xanthichthys mento
Hachijo Island, Tokyo -
White-spotted pufferfish Torquigener albomaculosus
Amami Oshima, Kagoshima -
wrought-iron butterflyfish Chaetodon daedalma
Hachijo Island, Tokyo -
White-spotted pufferfish Torquigener albomaculosus
Amami Oshima, Kagoshima -
Crosshatch Triggerfish Xanthichthys mento
Hachijo Island, Tokyo -
Bambooleaf wrasse Pseudolabrus sieboldi
Oomijima, Yamaguchi -
Japanese pygmy seahorse Hippocampus japapigu
Hachijo Island, Tokyo -
Japanese pygmy seahorse Hippocampus japapigu
Hachijo Island, Tokyo -
Whitegirdled goby Pterogobius zonoleucus
Takeno, Hyogo -
Yellowstriped Butterfish Labracoglossa argenteiventris
Osezaki, Shizuoka -
Bikunin Liparis tessellatus
Namerikawa, Toyama -
Japanese pygmy seahorse Hippocampus japapigu
Ogasawara Islands,Tokyo
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Green tiger prawn Penaeus semisulcatus
Osezaki, Shizuoka -
Redwing searobin Lepidotrigla microptera
Namerikawa, Toyama -
Dusky Nembrotha Nembrotha kubaryana
Ushibuka, Kumamoto -
Stellar rockskipper Entomacrodus stellifer
Koganezaki, Shizuoka -
Twospot anthias (young) Pseudanthias flavoguttatus
Izu Oshima, Tokyo -
Kotohime nudibranch Goniodoridella sp. 4
Osezaki, Shizuoka -
Tuberculated frogfish Antennatus tuberosus
Koganezaki, Shizuoka -
Yatabe blenny Parablennius yatabei
Itoshima, Fukuoka -
Tuberculated frogfish Antennatus tuberosus
Koganezaki, Shizuoka -
Swallowtail Angelfish ♀ Genicanthus melanospilos
Ishigaki Island, Okinawa -
Wire coral crab Xenocarcinus tuberculatus
Osezaki, Shizuoka -
Swallowtail Angelfish ♂ Genicanthus melanospilos
Ishigaki Island, Okinawa -
Squat shrimp Thor amboinensis
Osezaki, Shizuoka -
Sunset anthias Pseudanthias parvirostris
Izu Oshima, Tokyo -
Kishima Antias(young) Tosanoides flavofasciatus
Izu Oshima, Tokyo -
Twospot anthias (young) Pseudanthias flavoguttatus
Izu Oshima, Tokyo -
Neoclinus toshimaensis Neoclinus toshimaensis
Izu Oshima, Tokyo -
Longfin anthias Pseudanthias ventralis
Ogasawara Islands,Tokyo -
Black comb-tooth blenny Ecsenius namiyei
Koganezaki, Shizuoka -
Vanderhorstia rapa Vanderhorstia rapa
Izu Oshima, Tokyo -
Pteragogus aurigarius Pteragogus aurigarius
Nagasaki -
Cherry Antias Sacura margaritacea
Osezaki, Shizuoka -
Checked swallowtail Odontanthias borbonius
Osezaki, Shizuoka -
Benihana Antias Pseudanthias sp
Osezaki, Shizuoka -
Spotty-bellied greenling (eggs) Hexagrammos agrammus
Jogashima, Kanagawa -
Spotty-bellied greenling (eggs) Hexagrammos agrammus
Jogashima, Kanagawa -
Spotty-bellied greenling Hexagrammos agrammus
Jogashima, Kanagawa -
Miniature melo Micromelo undatus
Izu Oshima, Tokyo -
High-crowned seahorse Hippocampus coronatus
Jogashima, Kanagawa -
Roundbelly cowfish, Lactoria diaphana
Hachijo Island, Tokyo -
Uenoi lumpsucker Eumicrotremus uenoi
Takeno, Hyogo -
Moss fringehead Neoclinus bryope
Takeno, Hyogo -
High-crowned seahorse Hippocampus coronatus
Jogashima, Kanagawa -
Heptacarpus pandaloides Minami Satsuma, Kagoshima -
Hypselodoris apolegma Hypselodoris apolegma
Amami Oshima, Kagoshima -
Combtooth blenny Salarias luctuosus
Makurazaki, Kagoshima -
Combtooth blenny Salarias luctuosus
Makurazaki, Kagoshima -
High-crowned seahorse Hippocampus coronatus
Jogashima, Kanagawa -
Ceratosoma trilobatum and Emperor shrimp Sebastes inermis Periclimenes imperator
Tateyama, Chiba -
Yellownose prawn-goby Stonogobiops xanthorhinica
Kinkowan, Kagoshima -
Kudo's pygmy goby Trimma kudoi
Kinkowan, Kagoshima -
Siphonfish Siphamia tubulata
Ainan, Ehime -
Warty frogfish Antennarius maculatus
Osezaki, Shizuoka -
Stellar rockskipper Entomacrodus stellifer
Osezaki, Shizuoka -
Stellar rockskipper Entomacrodus stellifer
Osezaki, Shizuoka -
Orange-striped shrimpgoby Stonogobiops yasha
Amami Oshima, Kagoshima -
Leopard Anemone Shrimp Izucaris masudai
Osezaki, Shizuoka -
Bullock's Hypselodoris Hypselodoris bullockii
Amami Oshima, Kagoshima -
Zoramia viridiventer Zoramia viridiventer
Amami Oshima, Kagoshima -
Mandarinfish Synchiropus splendidus
Amami Oshima, Kagoshima -
Okhotsk atka mackerel Pleurogrammus azonus
Namerikawa, Toyama -
Okhotsk atka mackerel Pleurogrammus azonus
Namerikawa, Toyama -
Anemone shrimp Periclimenes magnificus
Amami Oshima, Kagoshima -
Thornback cowfish Lactoria fornasini
Tateyama, Chiba -
Unicorn shrimp Plesionika narval
Izu Oshima, Tokyo -
Ardeadoris cruenta Ardeadoris cruenta
Amami Oshima, Kagoshima -
Lethotremus awae Lethotremus awae
Susaki, Kochi -
Lethotremus awae Lethotremus awae
Susaki, Kochi -
Spotted sand-diver Trichonotus setiger
Hayakawa, Kanagawa -
Lethotremus awae(young) Lethotremus awae
Susaki, Kochi -
Mandarinfish Pterosynchiropus splendidus.
Amami Oshima, Kagoshima -
Pygmy Seahorse Hippocampus bargabanti
Amami Oshima, Kagoshima -
Squarespot anthias Pseudanthias pleurotaenia
Amami Oshima, Kagoshima -
Blackbellied angler(eggs) Lophius litulon
Osezaki, Shizuoka -
Japanese bigeye Pristigenys niphonia
Kushimoto, Wakayama -
Blue hana goby Ptereleotris hanae
Oomijima, Yamaguchi -
Yellow Pygmy Goby Lubricogobius exiguus
Oomijima, Yamaguchi -
White-bar Anthias Pseudanthias leucozonus
Osezaki, Shizuoka -
Magnificent Anemone Shrimp Periclimenes magnificus
Oomijima, Yamaguchi -
Striped paper bubble Hydatina physis
Osezaki, Shizuoka -
Sporochnus radiciformis Sporochnus radiciformis
Kushimoto, Wakayama -
Zanzibar Whip Coral Shrimp Dasycaris zanaibarica
Ainan, Ehime -
Hongkong butterflyfish Chaetodon wiebeli
Ainan, Ehime -
Lined dartfish Ptereleotris grammica
Ainan, Ehime -
One-stripe anthias Pseudanthias fasciatus
Osezaki, Shizuoka -
Harlequin shrimp Hymenocera picta
Kashiwajima, Kochi -
Blackspot bandfish Acanthocepola limbata
Osezaki, Shizuoka -
Black coral goby Bryaninops tigris
Kashiwajima, Kochi -
Barred-chin blenny Rhabdoblennius nitidus
Yakushima, Kagoshima -
Basket Star Shrimp Lipkemenes lanipes
Kashiwajima, Kochi -
Ornate slippery goby Lubricogobius ornatus
Minami Satsuma, Kagoshima -
Anker's Whip Coral Shrimp Pontonides sp
Kinkowan, Kagoshima -
Halichoeres tenuispinis Halichoeres tenuispinis
Nagasaki -
Eplumula phalangium Eplumula phalangium
Osezaki, Shizuoka -
Suna-bikunin Liparis punctulatus
Koganezaki, Shizuoka -
Short dragonfish Eurypegasus draconis
Osezaki, Shizuoka -
Sharp-nose garden eel Gorgasia taiwanensis
Osezaki, Shizuoka -
Crosshatch Triggerfish Xanthichthys mento
Hachijo Island, Tokyo -
Lyretail Hogfish(young) Bodianus anthioides
Izu Oshima, Tokyo -
Thecacera sp Thecacera sp
Osezaki, Shizuoka -
Hobbit Shrimp Odontonia sp
Kashiwajima, Kochi -
Elegant blenny Omobranchus elegans
Oomijima, Yamaguchi -
Tuberculatus Xeno crab Xenocarcinus tuberculatus
Osezaki, Shizuoka -
Nagahana antias Pseudanthias elongatus
Osezaki, Shizuoka -
Green tiger prawn Penaeus semisulcatus
Osezaki, Shizuoka -
Pikachu nudibranch Thecacera pacifica
Osezaki, Shizuoka -
Ornate slippery goby Lubricogobius ornatus
Minami Satsuma, Kagoshima
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Blue-lined octopus Hapalochlaena fasciata
Osezaki, Shizuoka -
Common octopus Octopus vulgaris
Koganezaki, Shizuoka -
Eggs of the Cuttlefish Sepia esculenta
Itoshima, Fukuoka -
Paintpot cuttlefish Metasepia tullbergi
Itoshima, Fukuoka -
Cuttlefish Sepia esculenta
Oomijima, Yamaguchi -
Cuttlefish Sepia esculenta
Oomijima, Yamaguchi -
Chiroteuthid squid Chiroteuthis picteti
Tago, Shizuoka -
Cuttlefish Sepia esculenta
Oomijima, Yamaguchi -
Sepia misakiensis Sepia misakiensis
Osezaki, Shizuoka -
Bigfin reef squid Sepioteuthis lessoniana
Osezaki, Shizuoka -
Coconut octopus Octopus marginatus
Osezaki, Shizuoka -
Coconut octopus Octopus marginatus
Osezaki, Shizuoka -
Cuttlefish Sepia esculenta
Koganezaki, Shizuoka -
Cuttlefish Sepia esculenta
Koganezaki, Shizuoka -
Coconut octopus Octopus marginatus
Osezaki, Shizuoka -
Octopus ocellatus Octopus ocellatus
Namerikawa, Toyama -
broadclub cuttlefish Sepia latimanus
Yakushima, Kagoshima -
Sepia tokioensis Sepia tokioensis
Osezaki, Shizuoka -
Sepia tokioensis Sepia tokioensis
Oomijima, Yamaguchi -
Giant Pacific octopus Enteroctopus dofleini
Namerikawa, Toyama -
Firefly squid Watasenia scintillans
Namerikawa, Toyama -
Blue-lined octopus Hapalochlaena fasciata
Osezaki, Shizuoka -
Paintpot cuttlefish Metasepia tullbergi
Itoshima, Fukuoka -
Paintpot cuttlefish Metasepia tullbergi
Itoshima, Fukuoka -
Octopus ocellatus Octopus ocellatus
Namerikawa, Toyama -
Small-spot octopus Callistoctopus luteus
Osezaki, Shizuoka -
Red ocean squid Ommastrephes bartramii
Osezaki, Shizuoka