sweetfish

English

Sweetfish, ayu, (Plecoglossus altivelis)

Etymology

sweet + fish

Noun

sweetfish (plural sweetfishes or sweetfish)

1. An amphidromous fish, the ayu of East Asia (Plecoglossus altivelis), the only member of its genus and family , named and prized for its sweet-tasting flesh, especially in Japan, as a game fish, and is also subject to extensive aquaculture.

Synonyms

• (Plecoglossus altivelis): ayu, ai

Translations

amphidromous fish

• Chinese:

  Hakka: please add this translation if you can

  Mandarin: 香魚／香鱼 (zh) (xiāngyú)

  Min Nan: please add this translation if you can

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• Japanese: 鮎 (ja) (あゆ, ayu), 香魚 (こうぎょ, kōgyo), 年魚 (ねんぎょ, nengyo)
• Korean: 은어 (ko) (euneo) (銀魚)
• Tagalog: please add this translation if you can

References

• Ayu on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Plecoglossus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Plecoglossus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons