Marine Life of Japan: Notable Fish, Mammals, and Invertebrates

Fish

• Japanese amberjack (Seriola quinqueradiata)
• Japanese barracuda (Sphyraena japonica)
• Japanese flounder (Paralichthys olivaceus)
• Japanese sea bass (Lateolabrax japonicus)
• Pacific bluefin tuna (Thunnus orientalis)
• Yellowtail amberjack (Seriola lalandi)
• Horse mackerel, Mackerel pike

Marine Mammals

• Bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus)
• Common minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata)
• Finless porpoise (Neophocaena phocaenoides)
• Harbor porpoise (Phocoena phocoena)
• Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae)
• Northern fur seal (Callorhinus ursinus)
• Sei whale (Balaenoptera borealis)
• Sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus)

Invertebrates

• Japanese giant salamander (Andrias japonicus)
• Japanese spider crab (Macrocheira kaempferi)
• Mantis shrimp, Octopus, Sea urchin, Squid