Lumpfish Close Up
Monday, November 3, 2008 - 16:35
in Earth & Climate
Stick to It: Kiyoshi Ota/Getty Images Colorful balloon lumpfish grip equally festive party balloons at Tokyo’s new Epson Shinagawa Aqua Stadium, home to more than 20,000 sea creatures in its aquarium. Known to the Japanese as fûsen-uo, the Eumicrotremus pacificus is native to the cold waters off the island of Hokkaido in northern Japan.