MEDAKA: Oryzias latipez (Japanese rice fish)
Overview: Medaka is Japanese rice fish and the scientific name is Oryzias latipes. Medaka, native to East Asia, is a denizen of rice paddies, ponds, a gently flowing stream. Excessive usage of fertilizer has reduced the number of medaka in Japan and now conservation status of medaka is “vulnerable”. Although the number of wild medaka […]