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Aucha perch
Coreoperca kawamebari (Aucha perch · オヤニラミ)
Not Evaluated (NE) on the IUCN Red List yet.
🇰🇷 Class II endangered wildlife (Korea)
💡 Everyday Comparisons for Size, Mass & Speed
- 💡 Its maximum length of 11 cm is shorter than a ballpoint pen (about 14 cm) (Comparison).
- 💡 Because it is a protected species designated as Class II endangered wildlife (Korea), it is often discussed alongside efforts to conserve clear, calm streams.
Reference standards: coach bus ~12 m, mid-size car ~4.9 m, compact car ~1 t, basketball hoop 3.05 m, credit card 8.56 cm.
📖 1. Overview
The Aucha perch is a small perch-like freshwater fish living in Japan and Korea.
🦴 2. Anatomy & Morphology
Its body grows up to 11 cm in length.
🔍 3. Ecology & Behavior
It feeds on aquatic insects and small fish; in May and June, when females lay eggs on aquatic plants, the male guards the eggs and young.
🇰🇷 4. Connection to Korea
It is listed as a Class II endangered wildlife (Korea) species on the National List of Species of Korea (National Institute of Biological Resources (NIBR)), and Korea is part of its distribution range.
📚 Sources & References
- • 멸종위기 야생생물 Ⅱ급 — 국가생물종목록(국립생물자원관) ktsn 120000058306 — https://species.nibr.go.kr/home/mainHome.do?cont_link=009&subMenu=009002&contCd=009002&ktsn=120000058306
- • IUCN Red List: not evaluated (NE) — cross-checked with the Wikidata conservation-status entry
- • Korean protection status: Class II endangered wildlife (Korea)
- • catalogueoflife.org — YDLN
- • 국가생물종목록(국립생물자원관) ktsn 120000058306 — https://species.nibr.go.kr/home/mainHome.do?cont_link=009&subMenu=009002&contCd=009002&ktsn=120000058306
- • wikidata.org — Q5051243
- • commons.wikimedia.org — File:Oyanirami0803.jpg
- • fishbase.se — Coreoperca-kawamebari.html
- • species.nibr.go.kr — general-search
- • Silhouette: PhyloPic — Cee Nell · CC0 1.0 (Related taxon silhouette — Percichthyidae)
Recorded dimensions are widely cited representative estimates from public literature and may vary by study or specimen.