Lake Biwa
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Lake Biwa is the largest freshwater lake in Japan. It is located entirely within Shiga Prefecture, northeast of the former capital city of Kyoto. Lake Biwa is an ancient lake, over 4 million years old
Lake Biwa from space
Lake Biwa aerial view
The giant Lake Biwa catfish is the largest predatory fish in the lake and is found nowhere else.
Lake Biwa at Chomeiji-cho, Ōmihachiman
Silurus biwaensis
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Silurus biwaensis, the giant Lake Biwa catfish, is a large predatory catfish species endemic to Lake Biwa in Japan.
Lake Biwa
…and Sarcocheilichthys biwaensis), a true loach (Cobitis magnostriata), two gobies (Gymnogobius isaza and Rhinogobius biwaensis), two silurid catfish (Silurus biwaensis and S. lithophilus) and a cottid (Cottus reinii). The Biwa trout is also endemic to the lake, but some maintain that it is a subspecies of the widespread…
Stuffed specimen