Introducing Red Sea Bream Red Sea Breams are found in the coast of Japan, South Korea, China and Taiwan. I believe Red Sea Bream is the most poplar and beloved fish in Japan. They often be cooked at the wedding and the other cerebration ceremony, because it is red (Red is happy color in traditional culture) and very tasty. Let me explain its Japanese name "Madai". "Ma" means common and "Dai (Tai)" means bream fish. So "Madai" means common bream fish. On the other side, there are so many fish named "~Dai" even it is not a family of bream. Because old Japanese people had thought bream is one of the basic type of fish. Most of them have roundly and flat shape like this fish. Red Sea Bream is very important to fisheries, so the government improves seedling production of it, and releases young fish into the sea. So we can easily find juvenile Red Sea Breams in shore. Many people believe seedling production is effective to improve resources. Contrarily, it loose genetic diversity from the breed group. That means their ability to accommodate will be decrease. I think seedling production is one of the way to improve resources, but not the best. To conserve the environment and limiting the catch of herring are the best way for healthy fisheries. <The below : capture of the photo> -Red Sea Bream face- Red Sea Bream face. It is still young small fish though, the face is already adult-like. -Red Sea Bream caudal fin- Their caudal fin has black edge. When you identify, check this. The similar fish Crimson Seabream doesn't have black edge. -Juvenile Red Sea Bream- I was really impressed when I put this fish on the black board. I could recognize each fin has beautiful blue color. -Parasites in a mouth- Red Sea Breams often have parasites called "Tainoe (Ceratothoa verrucosa)" in their mouth. This species suck blood and they only live on Red Sea Bream not on the other species. It looks so disagreeable though, it is totally harmless to human.

Web site introduction I made a top page of my web site with this introduction. I want to make it simple. But I'm not sure whether it sounds cool or not. Please let me know your opinion. ****************************************************** Thank you for visiting my site. This site is my photo gallery and introduce you creatures in the Earth which I photographed. I hope you will enjoy it. Sincerely Takuya Morihisa -January 5. 2010- ****************************************************** And how do you say when I add a new page on it? I wrote it "Something is now available." Thank you!

My profile -Please correct it for me!!- I was born in Hiroshima Japan in 1979, and I am a Nature Photographer based in Shimane area Japan. After I graduated Shimane University, I'd been researching the environment of brackish water at "Japan Corbicula Research Institute" for 5 years. And my main fields were lake Shinji and lake Nakaumi which are Ramsar sites. Especially I was interested in fish and taking some specimen photographs. I provided many of my photographs to some guide books. "Fishes of Lake Shinji and Nakaumi" published by "Japan Corbicula Research Institute" is one of my best works. Then I moved to Toronto Canada in 2009 and stayed for 1 year and half. And I worked at a photo studio and used to take some portrait there. Every each holiday, I used to go taking beautiful North American nature photos while I was in Toronto. Every single creature, spectacular landscapes, I really fell in love with it. Now I came back to Shimane and I am taking photos of the Nature of Japan mainly.

Introducing Schlegel's Japanese Gecko Schlegel's Japanese Gecko is a most common gecko in Japan. They are found in Japan, South Korea and China. In Japan, Geckos are well respected by people. Because they live human's house and eat bugs which do something bad for people. So, old Japanese people named this Gecko "YAMORI" which means house guardian. That's why nobody kill this lovely Gecko here. Mostly they live in structures built by people. Conversely, it's hard to find them in the forest. They are often found around the light at night. Because it is kind of easy to catch some bugs for them. <The bellow : caption of the photo> -Schlegel's Japanese Gecko face- They are cute for me. But when I see close up shot, kind of scared. Especially the iris looks like monster's one. -Schlegel's Japanese Gecko face- Their head is flat to hide into the chink. -Schlegel's Japanese Gecko living in my room- When I got to my apt at midnight, one Schlegel's Japanese Gecko was waiting for me in my living room. If my wife found it, she must scream... Of cause I let him out after shootings. -Professional Climber- Climbing vertical wall is like just breathing for Schlegel's Japanese Geckos. They can easily stick to wall using special fingers. -Adult Schlegel's Japanese Gecko- An adult Schlegel's Japanese Gecko. -Whity Schlegel's Japanese Gecko- They can change their skin color to camouflage.

First notebook entry: Introducing myself Hi! I am learning English to make my web site which introduce Japanese wild life to the people who speaks English. My native language is Japanese and I grew up there. My English skill is like 4 years old kid even I've been learning English more than 10 years... But my Japanese skill is excellent! :)