Mudhopper - Mudhopper

Japanese: トビハゼ(跳沙魚) - トビハゼ（英語表記）mudhopper

A fish of the Gobiidae family in the order Perciformes. It is amphibious. It is also called Kanamutsu in Yanagawa City, Fukuoka Prefecture, and Kachamutsu in Saga. It grows to about 10 cm in length, and its body is blue-gray with a slight reddish tinge, with males showing orange nuptial coloring. Its eyes protrude above its head and can move freely on either side. Compared to the mudskipper, which also crawls on tidal flats, it is more suited to living on land, with its powerful pectoral fins allowing it to crawl not only on the mud of tidal flats but also on rocks and trees. It is found not only in the Ariake Sea and Yatsushiro Sea, but also in various places south of central Honshu. It hibernates in holes in the tidal flats, and spawns in the same holes.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

スズキ目ハゼ科の魚。水陸両生魚である。福岡県柳川市でカナムツ，佐賀でカッチャムツともいう。全長10cmほどになり，体は青灰色で多少赤みを帯び，雄は橙色の婚姻色を示す。眼は頭の上に突き出て左右別々に自由に動かせる。同じように干潟の上をはい回るムツゴロウに比べてより陸生に適し，胸びれの力が強く干潟の泥の上だけでなく岩の上，木の上などにもはい上がる。有明海，八代海だけでなく本州中部以南の各地に分布する。冬には干潟の穴の中で越冬し，産卵もその穴の中で行う。

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