Oriental weatherfish

Japanese: Oriental weatherfish(英語表記)Orientalweatherfish
Oriental weatherfish

…A freshwater fish of the family Cobicidae (illustration). In the United States and Canada it is called the Oriental weatherfish, and in the UK it is called the loach (which includes other species of the Cobicidae). It is widely distributed throughout most of Japan, Taiwan, the Korean Peninsula, and the eastern part of the Asian continent.

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Oriental weatherfish" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…コイ目ドジョウ科の淡水魚(イラスト)。アメリカ,カナダではOriental weatherfish,イギリスではloach(ドジョウ科の他種を含む)という。日本のほぼ全土,台湾,朝鮮半島およびアジア大陸の東部一帯に広く分布。…

※「Oriental weatherfish」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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