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Descriptive notes :
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Adults attain about 6cm in body length.
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Body compressed.
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Two short barbels.
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Nuptial coloration of males, vermilion red.
Live in lakes, swamps and rivers near the sea.
Lay eggs in the bodies of some kinds of shellfish.
Omnivorous fish which locate food mainly by means of
gustatory and olfactory senses as well as by sight.
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Among Achei/ognathus,this species is most
widely distributed in various parts of Japan.
It is found
in abundance.
This species is a fresh water game fish.
Lobus olfactorius very well-developed.
Optic lobe
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comparatively large.
lnferior lobe and corpus cerebelli not
well-developed.
Crista cerebelli and acoustico-lateral lobe
well-developed.
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