Cobitis biwae

Basic information
Scientific name	Cobitis biwae	Click to magnify
Common names	Japanese striped loach, Shima-dojou
Higher taxon	Cobitidae, Cypriniformes, Actinopterygii
Natural range	Japan. Honshu Is. (except W Yamaguchi Pref.), Shikoku, and Oita Pref.
Habitat	Sandy and grave bottom of middle to lower part of rivers.

Invasion information
Range in Japan	Chuzenjiko Lake (Tochigi Pref.) and eastern Shizuoka Pref.
Origin	Within Japan.
Date	Unknown.
Route	Unknown.
Impact	Unknown impact.
Regulation in Japan	No action for prevention, mitigation, control, or eradication.
Introduced range in other countries	None.

Reference	Notes
Froese & Pauly (eds) (2009) FishBase (Accessed on 2010-12-07) http://www.fishbase.org/search.cfm Kawanabe et al. (eds) (2002) Freshwater Fishes of Japan, 3rd ed.. Yama-kei Publishers, Tokyo (in Jpn) Matsuzawa & Senou (2008) Alien fishes of Japan. Bun-ichi Sogo Shuppan, Tokyo (in Jpn)