- English Common Name
- Greenfish
- Scientific name
- Stichopus chloronotus
- Taxonomy
- Order: Aspidochirotida, Family: Stichopodidae
- Size
- About 15 cm - 20 cm
- Species Distribution
- South of Amamioshima Island
- Okinawan Common Name
- Kuromishikiri
- Japanese common name, “Shikaku-namako”, is named after the square shape of the cross section. If you observed Greenfish from the front at the level of your eyes, you can see its angular shape very well. Bluish-black body has numerous papillae.
-
- Updated August 2017
back to "Movies of Okinawa creatures" page