Blue wrasse (Western wrasse) - Blue wrasse

Japanese: アオベラ(ニシキベラ) - あおべら
Blue wrasse (Western wrasse) - Blue wrasse

…A beautiful fish, as its name suggests, Nishiki (brown) is the most common wrasse found on the shores of central Honshu and south, but is rare south of Amami Oshima. Nishiki wrasse is called Aobera (Wakayama) or Ao-tenjo (Kominato) because of the conspicuous blue color of its back, and is also called Jorokusabi (Nagasaki). It can reach a total length of 20cm, but the ones usually seen are around 10cm. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Blue wrasse (Western wrasse)" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…ニシキ(錦)の名のとおり美しい魚で,本州中部以南の磯にもっともふつうに見られるベラで,奄美大島以南ではむしろ少ない。ニシキベラは三崎,寺泊などでの呼名で,背の青みが目につくところからアオベラ,アオベロ(和歌山),アオテンジョウ(小湊)などと呼ばれ,ジョロクサビ(長崎)の名もある。全長20cmに達するが,ふつう見られるのは10cm前後のものが多い。…

※「アオベラ(ニシキベラ)」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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