DMM KARIYUSHI AQUARIUM

Umikaji Dome

Saltwater Fish

Classification
Perciformes, Pomacentridae
distribution
South of the Kii Peninsula, Indian Ocean, Western Pacific Ocean

Sapphire devil

Scientific name
Chrysipitera cyanea
English name
Sapphire devil

Features

As its name suggests, it has a vivid sapphire blue body color. Males have sapphire blue even up to their tail fins, while females have transparent tail fins. They have a strong sense of territory and are aggressive in nature.

From the breeding staff

It is a beautiful Saltwater Fish with a blue body color that can often be seen in the waters of Okinawa!

Saltwater Fish

Classification
Order Perciformes, Family Scalpel sawtail, Family Acanthoptera
distribution
South of Sagami Bay, Pacific Ocean

Sailfin tang

Scientific name
Zebrasoma veliferum
English name
Sailfin tang

Features

As its name suggests, its dorsal and anal fins are long and large. When young, it swims with its fins spread, but when it becomes an adult, it swims with its fins closed. When it threatens an opponent or is startled, it spreads its fins as wide as it can.

From the breeding staff

As its name suggests, this fish has long dorsal and anal fins! It's usually closed, so it's hard to tell how big it is...

Saltwater Fish

Classification
Perciformes, Pomacentridae
distribution
South of Amami Oshima, Western Pacific Ocean

Blue green chromis

Scientific name
Chromis viridis
English name
Blue green chromis

Features

Its body is blue-green, but the color changes depending on how the light hits it. It has a gentle personality, which is rare among the damselfish family. Its name comes from the appearance of its lower teeth sticking out forward, which is called "deba".

From the breeding staff

You can see flocks of this species in a space on the second floor of the museum that recreates the Okinawan sky and beachfront.
Please take a look at the beauty of the school of Blue green chromis!

Birds & Others

Classification
Order: Sea anemones, Family : Giant carpet anemone
distribution
South of Shikoku, Indian Ocean, Pacific Ocean

Leathery sea anemone

Scientific name
Heteractis crispa
English name
Leathery sea anemone

Features

A sea anemone with which pink Yellowtail clownfish and Yellowtail clownfish live symbiotically. It is less toxic than the similar Giant carpet anemone. Its body comes in a wide variety of colors, including green, yellow, purple, and pink.

From the breeding staff

Its charming feature is that, in addition to the overall color, the tips of its tentacles are a different color.
Be sure to enjoy the soothing sight of it swaying with the current!

Saltwater Fish

Classification
Perciformes, Pomacentridae
distribution
Hachijojima, Yakushima, the Ryukyu Islands, the Senkaku Islands, etc.

Indo-Pacific sergeant

Scientific name
Abudefduf vaigiensis
English name
Indo-Pacific sergeant

Features

It has five black horizontal stripes on its body, and is similar to the Scissortail sergeant. This species can be distinguished from the Scissortail sergeant by the lack of black lines above and below its tail fin, and by the yellow color of its back. It is omnivorous and will eat anything.

From the breeding staff

Its flashy appearance may make it look inedible at first glance, but it is delicious eaten raw or grilled with salt!

Saltwater Fish

Classification
Perciformes, Pomacentridae
distribution
Ryukyu Islands, Ogasawara Islands, Tokara Islands, Minamidaito Island

Tomato clownfish

Scientific name
Amphiprion frenatus
English name
Tomato clownfish

Features

It mainly lives symbiotically with Corals sea anemones and giant sea anemones. It is characterized by a wide white horizontal band on its head. When it is a juvenile, it has two to three white horizontal bands, but as it grows, all of them disappear except for the line on its head.

From the breeding staff

Its beautiful orange color makes it stand out in the aquarium!

Saltwater Fish

Classification
Perciformes, Pomacentridae
distribution
Izu Islands, Pacific coast south of Kanagawa Prefecture, Ryukyu Islands, Ogasawara Islands

Scissortail sergeant

Scientific name
Abudefduf sexfasciatus
English name
Scissortail sergeant

Features

There are five broad black horizontal bands on the sides of the body, and a black line on the tail fin. It lives in shallow rocky areas and coral reefs, and feeds on algae and plankton.

From the breeding staff

The six-lined damselfish, including the lines on its tail fin, is very greedy and will immediately start eating even if its environment changes.

Saltwater Fish

Classification
Order Perciformes, Family Stripey
distribution
Sanin, south of Ibaraki Prefecture, Taiwan, Hawaiian Islands, and reef areas of Australia

Stripey

Scientific name
Microcanthus strigatus
English name
Stripey

Features

Juvenile fish can be found in shallow areas such as tide pools, but adult fish live in shallow coastal reefs at depths of up to 150m. Although it looks like a butterflyfish, it is actually a close relative of the black porgy and the Lowfin chub.

From the breeding staff

This beautiful fish has a yellow body with black stripes. It eats the annoying sea anemones that are a problem in aquariums.
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