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Hypoptychus dybowskii, the Korean sandlance,[1] is a species of hypoptychid fish found in shallow salt water off the coasts of Japan and Sakhalin (Russia) as well as possibly occurring in South Korea and China. It is a commercially important species where it occurs. This species grows to a length of 10 centimetres (3.9 in) TL. This species is the only known member of its genus.[1]

Hypoptychus dybowskii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Gasterosteiformes
Family:	Hypoptychidae
Genus:	Hypoptychus Steindachner, 1880
Species:	H. dybowskii
Binomial name
Hypoptychus dybowskii Steindachner, 1880

Like sticklebacks, it feeds on small invertebrates and fish larvae. Also like sticklebacks, it produces a sticky secretion from its kidneys when breeding. The parent uses the secretion to attach the eggs to sargassum.[2]

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