Gasterosteus aculeatus in Japan
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Main Ref.
Also Ref.
Occurrence native
Importance Ref.
Aquaculture Ref.
Regulations Ref.
Freshwater Yes
Brackish Yes
Saltwater Yes
Live export
Bait No
Gamefish No
Abundance abundant (always seen in some numbers) Ref. Sokolovskaya, T.G., A.S. Sokolovskii and E.I. Sobolevskii, 1998
Comments

Occurs in northern Honshu and Hokkaido. Accidentally stocked (translocated) in Lake Towada in the early 1980s. The fishes in the population in Lake Towada are reportedly significantly larger in body length than those from other populations (Ref. 52984). Also Ref. 434, 2850, 6885, 12114, 12115, 27436, 37812.

Status of threat: Threatened populations (Landlock populations of southward from Fukushima Prefecture, Pacific type; Populations of Honshu Island, Sea of Japan type) (LP) (Ref. 94887).

States/Provinces Akita (native), Aomori (native), Ehime (native), Fukui (native), Fukuoka (native), Fukushima (native), Hokkaido (native), Hyogo (native), Ibaraki (native), Ishikawa (native), Iwate (native), Kumamoto (native), Miyagi (native), Nagasaki (native), Niigata (native), Oita (native), Saga (native), Shimane (native), Tochigi (native), Tottori (native), Toyama (native), Yamagata (native), Yamaguchi (native)
States/Provinces Complete? Yes
National Checklist
Country information https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/ja.html
(e.g. 9948)
( e.g. cephalopods )
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