Red baby sardine - Red baby sardine

Japanese: アカジャコ - あかじゃこ
Red baby sardine - Red baby sardine

…It is a beautiful fish with an orange-red body, two black-brown lines running from the eye to the back of the head, and a black spot on the tail peduncle. For this reason, it has many local names, such as goldfish, keisei, akajako, and nebuto. In some regions, it is called ishimochi, because it has a large otolith in its inner ear. …

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

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…体は橙赤色をし,眼と後頭部を通る2本の黒褐色線と尾柄(びへい)部の黒色点をもつ美しい魚である。そのため地方名も多く,キンギョ,ケイセイ,アカジャコ,ネブトなどがある。イシモチと呼ぶ地方もあるが,内耳に大きな耳石をもつためである。…

※「アカジャコ」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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