Cold and temperate sea fish
Identity card
West Pacific Ocean, southern Japan, New Zealand and Australia.
Between 100 and 830 m, on the seamounts.
25 cm.
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The Japanese armorhead is called Tsubodai in Japanese.
The Japanese armorhead lives in Japanese waters; it is also found in the south of New Zealand and Australia and in the north-eastern waters of Taiwan.
A small-scaled fish, the Japanese armorhead has a greyish-brown body with a lighter area on its belly. Younger fish have irregular dark markings on their bodies.
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