Musashi ninespine stickleback
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scorpaeniformes
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 in Kumagaya, Saitama Prefecture (old Musashi Province).[2] It is the prefectural fish,[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]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 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. 1 2 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.
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