no. The cute lion with a fishtail is a Merlion. Merlion is a registered trademark of Singapore Tourism Board, and it needs to be approved by the Tourism Board before use. As of June, 223, there were two overseas Merlion authorized by the Tourism Bureau. One was in Hakodate, Hokkaido, Japan. The famous entrepreneur Liu Zesheng devoted himself to promoting the New Japan exchange before his death. In 1989, he was authorized by Singapore to build the first overseas Merlion in Hakodate.