Red stingray - Red stingray

Japanese: アカギンザメ - あかぎんざめ
Red stingray - Red stingray

...Its English name is Rat Fish or Rabbit Fish because of its face. Three species are popular: Chimaera phantasma, Chimaera phantasma, and Chimaera phantasma. The most common is the Chimaera phantasma (illustration), which is found from Hokkaido to the East China Sea and lives on the bottom of the continental shelf slope at depths of about 90 to 540 meters. Its body is long and laterally compressed, and the tip of its tail fin is long and thread-like.

*Some of the terminology that refers to the "red shark" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…英名はその顔つきからrat fish,またはrabbit fishという。ギンザメ,ココノホシギンザメ,アカギンザメの3種がポピュラーであるが,なかでもギンザメChimaera phantasma(イラスト)はもっともふつうに見られる種類で,北海道から東シナ海にかけて分布し,水深90mから540mくらいのやや深い大陸棚斜面の海底で生活する。体は長く側扁し,尾びれの先端が糸状に長くのびるのが特徴である。…

※「アカギンザメ」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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