Musashi ninespine stickleback

Musashi ninespine stickleback
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Gasterosteidae
Genus: Pungitius
Species:
P. sp.[1]
Binomial name
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 prefectural fish [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]

  • Musashitomiyo Conservation Center
    Musashitomiyo Conservation Center
  • Musashi-tomiyo bus
    Musashi-tomiyo bus

See also

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References

  1. ^ a b c レッドリスト2020 魚類 [2020 Red List: Birds] (in Japanese). Ministry of the Environment. 27 March 2020. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
  2. ^ a b Ministry of the Environment, ed. (2015). レッドデータブック2014 —日本の絶滅のおそれのある野生生物— 4 汽水・淡水魚類 [Red Data Book 2014 – Threatened Wildlife of Japan] (in Japanese). Vol. 4. Pisces—Brackish and Fresh Water Fishes. Gyōsei Corporation. pp. 64–65. ISBN 978-4-324-09898-1.
  3. ^ 県の魚・ムサシトミヨ [The Prefectural Fish: Musashi-tomoyo] (in Japanese). Saitama Prefecture. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  4. ^ 県 天然記念物 [Prefectural Natural Monuments] (in Japanese). Saitama Prefecture. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  5. ^ "10776 Musashitomiyo (1991 CP1)". NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 10 July 2022.