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Mystery Fishes of the World

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Some of Earth's waters remains as a mystery, so as their inhabitants. Some of them are rare, endangered and even huge. Anglers from around the world are challenged by the World Fishing Association to catch and release these fishes and record their distribution, as a project to study their biology and population. Here is the list of the Mystery Fishes of the World

Area 1: South Pacific Region

Giant Grouper
Latin name: Epinephelus lanceolatus
Japanese name: タマカイ
Korean name: 자이언트 그루퍼
Size:
3.05 m (Large)
Distribution: Bora-Bora and the South Pacific Ocean, especially in Queensland
Conservation Status: Vulnerable
Threats: Commercial fishery, coral bleaching and habitat loss
Description: The Giant Grouper is the largest reef-dwelling bony fish and often found in estuaries, wrecks and caves. Eats smaller and medium-sized fish. Can be friendly to divers, but sometimes bumps into divers when enraged. Its meat is delicious and crispy, so it can be cooked in many ways

Striped Marlin
Latin name: Kajikia audax
Japanese name: マカジキ
Korean name: 청새치
Size: 4.2 m (Huge)
Distribution: Tropical to temperate Indo-Pacific oceans, including in Cebu
Conservation Status: Near Threatened
Threats: Commercial fishery, bycatch and game fishing without catch and release
Description: One of the fastest fishes in the world. It breaks up fish schools with its bill. A popular game fish especially in Australia, New Zealand and Japan. Often jumps out from the water when hooked. Tastes similarly like swordfish

Bluefin Tuna
Latin name: Thunnus thynnus
Japanese name: クロマグロ
Korean name:
참 다랑어
Size:
2.5 m (Large)
Distribution: Around the Atlantic Ocean, one has been spotted in Mariana Islands
Conservation Status: Endangered
Threats: Commercial fishery and high demand for sushi
Description: The largest tuna in the world. It got its name from its bluish sheen in its fins. Considered as a high-quality sushi ingredient in Japan, so it's very expensive and sold in auctions at Tsukiji Fish Market

Area 2: Arctic and North Pacific Region

Pacific Halibut
Latin name: Hippoglossus stenolepis
Japanese name: オヒョウ
Korean name: 넙치
Size:
2.4 m (Large)
Distribution: North Pacific Ocean, occasionally in Gangneung and the Korean East Sea/Donghae region
Conservation Status: Data Deficient
Threats: None
The largest of the flatfish family. Buries itself in the seabed to catch prey. Usually caught using longlines and it's an expensive and delicious fish

Bering Wolffish
Latin name: Anarhichas orientalis
Japanese name: オオカミウオ
Korean name: 이리치
Size: 1.2 m (Small)

Distribution: North Pacific Ocean and the Sakhalin Island
Conservation Status: Data Deficient
Threats: Bycatch
Its long body and its traits resembles a moray eel. Often found in crevasses and caves. Its sharp fangs can deliver a painful bite. It is eaten in Russia and some parts of Alaska, United States

Red King Salmon (formerly known as Huge Salmon)
Latin name: Oncorhynchus tshawytscha
Japanese name: マスノスケ
Korean name:
빨강 대왕연어
Size: 0.91 m (Small)
Distribution:
Waters in Alaska, Siberia as well as New Zealand
Conservation Status: Data Deficient
Threats: Overfishing
A special breed of King/Chinook Salmon originating from Alaska and New Zealand. Than its silvery-white counterpart, this one spends most of its time in the freshwater. It is an expensive and prized fish in Alaska. It jumps out from the water when hooked. It has a succulent and delicious tasting flesh than other salmons and trouts. This species bred in New Zealand is known as Ora King Salmon

Area 3:  Equatorial Freshwater Area

African Lungfish
Latin name: Protopterus aethiopicus
Japanese name: アフリカハイギョ
Korean name: 아프리카 폐어
Size:
2 m (Small)
Distribution: Congo and Nile River
Conservation Status: Data Deficient
Threats: Pollution, damming and habitat loss
Resembles an eel and breathes with primitive lungs. Buries and covers itself in the mud with a bubbly slime during drought and wakes up during rain. It is a popular aquarium fish and a living fossil from the Devonian period

Pirarucu
Latin name: Arapaima gigas
Japanese name: ピラルク
Korean name:
피라루크
Size:
4.2 m (Huge)
Distribution: The Amazon River and its branches
Conservation Status: Data Deficient
Threats: Habitat loss, commercial fishery and damming
Related to the Arowana, and a living fossil dating back from the Jurassic Period. Its name is derived from a Portuguese word that means red fish. Breathes air and eats small fish. It also has a thick scale that protects it from piranha and other predators. Has a bony tongue and its meat is prized in South America

Huchen/Stringfish
Latin name: Hucho perryi
Japanese name: イトウ
Korean name: 자치
Size: 2.10 m (Large)
Distribution: Rivers around Hokkaido Island and Russia, one is spotted in the Mekong River around Don Khong Island

Conservation Status: Critically Endangered
Threats: Habitat loss and bycatch
Related to the well-known Taimen from Mongolia, except it has a browner body. Known to jump out from the water when hooked and stressed. Not as delicious as salmons and trouts, but a popular game fish in Japan and Russia. It is known from its appearance in the Animal Crossing series as a rare fish that fetches up to 10.000 bells when sold

Area 4:  Indo-Atlantic Area

Knifetooth Sawfish
Latin name: Anoxypristis cuspidata
Japanese name:
ノコギリエイ
Korean name:
톱상어
Size:
4.7 m (Huge)
Distribution: Indo-Pacific waters, some in Langkawi
Conservation Status: Endangered
Threats: Habitat loss, bycatch, shark fishery and poaching
Resembles a shark, from its body shape but it's more related to the skate and guitarfish. It uses its "saw" to slash prey and defend itself. It is now very rare and feared to be extinct due to artisanal shark fishery in remote areas. It is less known than the largetooth sawfish. A living fossil dating back from the Cretaceous period

Coelacanth
Latin name: Latimeria chalumnae
Japanese name: シーラカンス
Korean name:
실러캔스
Size: 2 m
(Small)
Distribution: The western Indian Ocean, especially in Grand-Baie, Comoros and Madagascar. A second species also exists in Indonesia around Celebes
Conservation Status: Critically Endangered
Threats: Bycatch and disruption from offshore oil rigs
A living fossil from the Devonian period, and still exists today. It is known from a single specimen caught from South Africa on December 23, 1938. Its genus honors Marjorie Courtenay-Latimer, curator at East London's small museum where the first specimen is contained. Paleontologists thinks that Coelacanth is a link between water and land animals, a key to evolution. It is very popular with its appearance in Animal Crossing series, Fishing Hero, Fisherman's Bait 2 and 3 and Darius series. The Darius series contributed big popularity to this fish as a boss named King Fossil, a Coelacanth-shaped Belser fleet

Colossal Squid
Latin name: Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni
Japanese name: ダイオウホウズキイカ
Korean name: 남극하트지느러미오징어
Size: 14 m (Enormous)
Distribution: Around the southern part of Earth's ocean. One is spotted around Falkland Islands
Conservation Status: Data Deficient
Threats: ???
The largest invertebrate in the world. It has super-long tentacles that can grasp its prey and a powerful beak to crunch its prey. It rarely come contact with humans, so it never attacks humans. Only known from caught specimen around Antarctica. It is a mortal enemy to the sperm whale

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