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Leucopsarion petersii

Synonyms: Leucopsarion petersi
Language: Japanese; Korean; Mandarin Chinese

Wikipedia Abstract

Leucopsarion petersii is a species of fish in the goby family, Gobiidae, and the only member of the monotypic genus Leucopsarion. It is native to the northwestern Pacific Ocean, where it occurs in China, Japan, and Korea. Its English language common name is ice goby, and in Japanese it is known as shiro-uo. In Japan, where it is a delicacy, it is also called shirauo no odorigui ("dancing icefish"). The ice goby is a valued food fish in South Korea and Japan, where it commands high prices. It is usually eaten raw, and often alive.
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Attributes

Migration [1]  Anadromous

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Pseudexorchis major[2]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2006. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed February 01, 2010 at animaldiversity.org
2Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0