Cottus hangiongensis Mori, 1930
Kankyo-kajika,  カンキョウカジカ
Cottus hangiongensis
photo by Miyahara, H.

Family:  Cottidae (Sculpins)
Max. size:  15 cm SL (male/unsexed)
Environment:  demersal; freshwater; brackish; marine, catadromous
Distribution:  Asia: Primorski Krai to the Korean Peninsula. Also from Hokkaido, Japan. Reported from China (Ref. 51717).
Diagnosis:   
Biology:  Adults occur in the middle and lower reaches of rivers. Larvae inhabit coastal waters. Usually found in clear and cold water streams with sandy and gravelly bottom (Ref. 51717).
IUCN Red List Status: Least Concern (LC); Date assessed: 25 June 2020 Ref. (130435)
Threat to humans:  harmless
Country info:  Occurs in Hokkaido (Ref. 37812). Status of threat: Threatened populations of Tohoku and Hokuriku Districtse (LP) (Ref. 94887).


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