Parrot fish (English spelling) parrotfish

Japanese: parrot fish(英語表記)parrotfish
Parrot fish (English spelling) parrotfish

...Fish in the Parrotfish family have teeth on both jaws fused together, forming a beak like that of the stonefish. Because of the shape of this beak, parrotfish are called parrot fish in English. This family is divided into the subfamily Parrotinae and the subfamily Parrotinae, but the degree of tooth fusion between the two subfamily differs slightly.

*Some of the terminology that mentions "parrot fish" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…ブダイ科の魚は両あごの歯が癒合し,イシダイなどと同様,くちばしを形成しているのが特徴である。このくちばしの形から英語ではブダイ類をparrot fish(オウムウオ)という。本科はブダイ亜科とアオブダイ亜科とに分けられるが,両者は歯の癒合の程度が多少異なる。…

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