Skip to content
Life in Kochi

Life in Kochi

A student-written journal about Kochi Prefecture, Japan

  • Feature Articles
  • Field Guide
    • Animalia
      • Fish
      • Birds
      • Mammals
      • Arthropods
    • Plantae
      • Seed Bearing
      • Fungi
  • The Writers
  • About this Journal
  • Contact

Category: Fish

A fish is any aquatic vertebrate animal that is covered with scales, and equipped with two sets of paired fins and several unpaired fins. Most fish are “cold-blooded”, or ectothermic, allowing their body temperatures to vary as ambient temperatures change.

Ginbuna: Carassius langsdorfii

Carassius langsdorfii is a fresh water fish which grows to about 30 centimeters in 4 to 5 years. Carassius langsdorfii … More

Local Cuisine, Sports

Akame: Lates japonicus

There are different Japanese names for this species: Mehikari in Tokusima, Minouo in Kochi, Maruka in Miyazaki , and Kawanube … More

Katsurahama, Shimanto River, Urado

Ayu: Plecoglossus altivelis altivelis

In summer, if you go to upper reaches of a river, you may see many anglers who have very long … More

Kagami River, Monobe River, Nyodo River, Shimanto River, Sports, Yoshino, Yoshino River

Hirame: Japanese flatfish

The Japanese flatfish, or Olive flounder, is a kind of the fish that belongs to the large tooth flounder suborder … More

Local Cuisine, Niyodo

Jimbeizame: Whale Shark

There are so many sea animals on Earth, for example, fishes and mammal. Rhincodon typus is the biggest of fishes … More

Ashizuri, Tosashimizu

Posts navigation

Older posts
Newer posts
Blog at WordPress.com.
  • Subscribe Subscribed
    • Life in Kochi
    • Already have a WordPress.com account? Log in now.
    • Life in Kochi
    • Subscribe Subscribed
    • Sign up
    • Log in
    • Report this content
    • View site in Reader
    • Manage subscriptions
    • Collapse this bar
 

Loading Comments...