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Eumicrotremus awae Lumpsucker | Japan

This is a newly hatched lumpsucker (Eumicrotremus awae), 2mm to 3mm in size, about the size of a sesame seed. The fish is perched on a species of red algae, possibly Polypes sp. Known as dango-uo in Japanese, these fish are found along the Pacific coast of the main island of Honshu.

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Image Size: 7368x4912 / 103.6MB; https://www.photoshelter.com/support/license#rm; https://www.tony-wu.com/contact-tony-wu; Bony Fish Lumpsucker Animalia Chordata Osteichthyes Actinopterygii Perciformes Cyclopteridae Eumicrotremus awae Dango-uo Juvenile Rhodophyta Florideophyceae Halymeniales Halymeniaceae Polypes sp. Pacific Japan Kanagawa Prefecture
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This is a newly hatched lumpsucker (Eumicrotremus awae), 2mm to 3mm in size, about the size of a sesame seed. The fish is perched on a species of red algae, possibly Polypes sp. Known as dango-uo in Japanese, these fish are found along the Pacific coast of the main island of Honshu.