| Cold-water species |
|
|
|
| North-hemisphere temperate species |
33 (2.5%) |
2 |
35 |
| Amphi-boreal species |
37 (2.8%) |
2 |
39 |
| North Pacific temperate species |
41 |
9 |
50 |
| Amphi-Pacific temperate species |
59 |
5 |
64 |
| Northwest Pacific temperate species (Russia–Japan–N. China (Yellow Sea)) |
100 |
29 |
129 |
| Yellow Sea–Japan warm-temperate species |
158 |
74 |
232 |
| Species endemic to Yellow Sea |
102 (7.9%) |
8 |
110 |
| Warm-water species |
|
|
|
| China seas warm-water species (Bohai Sea, Yellow Sea, East China Sea, and South China Sea) |
92 (7.1%) |
10 |
102 |
| Sino-Japan warm-water species |
194 |
55 |
249 |
| West Pacific warm-water species |
187 |
37 |
224 |
| Indo-West Pacific warm-water species |
164 |
85 |
249 |
| Cosmopolitan species |
52 |
0 |
52 |
| Others |
67 |
5 |
72 |
| Total |
1,286 |
321 |
1,607 |
| Total cold-water species |
531 |
129 |
660 |
| Percentage of cold-water species (%) |
41.3 |
40.2 |
41.1 |
