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Kitan Club 2015 Nature Techni Colour Nature of Japan Vol. 3 25 sweetfish or 'ayu' (Plecoglossus altivelis).
Original finish. Sculpted by KOW. |
Yujin Freshwater Fish in Colour, pt. 2 secret figure 15 chum salmon (Oncorhynchus keta) larva & egg.
Sculpted by KOW. Original finish. Larger than life, about 2:1. |
Yujin 2006 Freshwater Fish in Colour, pt.1 05 male chum salmon in spawning colouration, 1st paint version. Sculpted by KOW. Original finish.
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Kaiyodo/Subarudo 2006 ChocoQ Animatales - Animals in Japan series 11 247 male pink salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha) in spawning colouration. Original finish.
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Kaiyodo 2013 Capsule Q Museum Japanese Animals Part 01, Forest of Yambaru - QMN006 (or Animatales 255) black kokanee salmon or 'kunimasu' (Oncorhynchus kawamurae). The species was thought extinct in the 1940's after acidization of its native Lake Tazawa, but in 2010 a surviving population was discovered in Lake Saiko 500km away where eggs had been transferred as a conservation effort decades earlier. The transfer had previously been thought a failure.
Sculpted by Matsumura Shinobu. Awaiting customization into the black "floater" subspecies. |
Takara Tomy A.R.T.S 2011 3-D Encyclopedia Mystery Deep Sea Fish Collection 02 Macropinna microstoma. Shown on the left; individual pictures pending.
Approximately 1:2. Original finish. |
Yujin Saltwater Fish in Colour, pt. 2 10 black scraper (Navodon = Thamnaconus modestus). Fish of this family have sandpapery skin and specialized incisor teeth in their tapering snouts. This particular species feeds on plankton and comes with a little fleshy indicator mounted on its forehead. Sadly, it hasn't been sculpted erect.
Sculpted by KOW. Original finish. |
Yujin Freshwater Fish in Colour, pt. 2 30 Grass puffer (Takifugu niphobles), 1st paintup.
Original finish. Sculpted by KOW. About 1:2. Pictures pending.
Original finish. Sculpted by KOW. About 1:2. Pictures pending.
Yujin Freshwater Fish in Colour, pt. 2 31 starry flounder (Platichthys stellatus), 2nd paint version.
About 1:10. Sculpted by KOW. Pictures pending.
About 1:10. Sculpted by KOW. Pictures pending.
Kaiyodo 2002 Glico Aquatales / Kuroshio Comecco set 1 04 swordfish (Xiphias gladius). These highly migratory predators can grow up to 650 kg in weight and nearly 5 meters long. They heat their eyes and brain with a specific organ in their head.
Original finish. Pictures pending.
Original finish. Pictures pending.