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Hi everyone.

I introduced a river fish in Japanese most south and most north last time.
I introduce a river fish in the Temperate Zone area in a Japanese central part this time.

River fish in the downstream near a sea in a Japanese central part.
The video clip is below.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7iwKdGU3Es

The sweetfish which hurts the alga which stuck to a rock.
Plecoglossus altivelis altivelis (Ayu)


This fish is imitated in a stone. And a fry is eaten.
Cottus kazika



Rhinogobius sp. CB (cross band).



Tridentiger brevispinis (Dusky tripletooth goby)



Phoxinus logowskii steindachneri (Amur Minnow)


Rhinogobius sp. CB (cross band),Cottus kazika,Phoxinus logowskii steindachneri (Amur Minnow)



Fish of updraft section on the same river.
The video clip is below.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGT9Q7NnsZk

Niwaella delicata is said to be the most flavorful loach.
Rhinogobius sp. LD (large dark) and Niwaella delicata


Rhinogobius sp. LD (large dark)



Oncorhynchus masou ishikawae(Red spotted masu trout) or Oncorhynchus masou masou(Seema)



Phoxinus oxycephalus jouyi (Upstream fat minnow)


Phoxinus logowskii steindachneri (Amur Minnow)


Crab of amphidromous migration. Related species of Shanghai crab.
Eriocheir japonica (Japanese mitten crab)



Below is freshwater fish in Biwa-ko Lake which is the biggest lake in Japan.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTZlr1MHNf4

A list of fish from Biwa-ko Lake.


Opsariichthys uncirostris(Three-lips)




Rhinogobius.sp




Fish from Biwa-ko Lake is used as valuable food more than ancient times.



Fish from Japanese central part and source area.
Video clip is blow.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OBPU2fapVA

Rinogobius of pure fresh water, not amphidromous migration.
Rhinogobius flumineus





Geothelphusa dehaani (Japanese Freshwater Crab)

Great Pictures! Your pictures keep making me want Rhinogobies even more!

On the fish poster is that a snakehead (left fourth from bottom)?

I add the information of the fish of Lake Biwa-ko

List of fish from Biwa-ko Lake.
http://www1.odn.ne.jp/tiger-group/biwas ... asaka.html
http://www.biwa.ne.jp/~t-kondo/fish/index_sakana.htm

List of dish examples of fish from Biwa-ko Lake
http://www.biwa.ne.jp/~t-kondo/fish/sakanaryori.htm

Hokum wrote:On the fish poster is that a snakehead (left fourth from bottom)?

Yes, it is a kind of snakehead (Channa argus).
The Snakehead is called "Raigyo" in Japan, and it is introduced species from Taiwan.

Only the japanese could make manga loach!

Again ,really interesting stuff thanks Odyssey

Superb!!!

I put a link to these pictures on my local forum in Florida. The fish are so amazing. I think everyone should take a look.

Some of them are even found in Florida (Largemouth Bass and Bluegill).

I went to the river for underwater photography again this month.
At first it is a picture of the chars.
videclip is in Youtube.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7xdxJwO4Nw

Salvelinus leucomaenis pluvius

These are underwater pictures of the rivers of Izu Peninsula which I went last week.

Videoclips in Youtube.
(The first part)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvSNZubMAlk
(The latter part)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOxsj8xMaRA

(Plecoglossus altivelis altivelis )
The state that a sweetfish scrapes off the surface algae of the stone.
A sweetfish is a fish of the algae eating habit.
It is a fish species of the most popular fishing in Japan.



(Sicyopterus japonicus)
Sicyoputerus is a fish of the algae eating habit, too.
Much Sicyoputerus did waterfall-climbing last year.
I introduced the video clip that photographed the state here.
It might be to be the result that was cool on that day, but one of them did not do waterfall-climbing.
http://forums.loaches.com/viewtopic.php ... =waterfall

Sheen of the waterfall-climbing was not able to look, but was able to fully look at the habits in the water.





(Sicyopterus japonicus and Plecoglossus altivelis altivelis)
Sicyoputerus and the sweetfish do a territorial dispute to live mainly on algae both.
Therefore angler should do the angling by decoy of the sweetfish and take Sicyoputerus.
Sicyoputerus is disliked by a sweetfish angler.



(Cottus kazika)
This fish can be called "Ayukake".
The words mean that they "throw on a sweetfish".



(Cottus pollux)


(Tridentiger obscurus)
This is a fish of the omnivorous goby department.



((Nipponocypris sieboldii)



(Rhinogobius sp. CO)

(Rhinogobius sp. CB)


(Koi, Cyprinus carpio)
A bred carp would become wild in a river.

Thanks odyssey, fascinating as always!! Were you able to catch and keep any of these fish for you aquariums?

Brilliant Odyssey - love the Cottus and Tridentiger!

Hi plaalye and Matt!

plaalye wrote:Were you able to catch and keep any of these fish for you aquariums?

The fish species which I introduced here can capture it as an aquarium fish.
However, there is the rule to regulate a fishery method.
For example, there are a lot of sweetfishs, but fishing charges are necessary when an angler does sweetfish fishing.
It depends on an area and a fish species, but there is the case that capture is prohibited.

I took some videos underwater in 11 rivers in September.
I intend to introduce them from now on.

11 rivers! You've been busy!! Looking forward to the videos.