African finfish - African finfish

Japanese: アフリカヒレアシ - あふりかひれあし
African finfish - African finfish

...General term for birds of the Heliornithidae family. It consists of three genera and three species: the American Finfoot Heliornis fulica (English name: sungrebe), the Asian Finfoot Heliopais personata (English name: masked finfoot), and the African Finfoot Podica senegalensis (English name: finfoot). Its anatomical characteristics are similar to those of the Rallidae family, but its appearance resembles birds of the Cormorants, Anhindae, and Grebe families. The African Finfoot is distributed in Africa, the Asian Finfoot in South Asia, and the American Finfoot in tropical America. ...

*Some of the terminology that refers to the "African fin worm" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…ツル目ヒレアシ科Heliornithidaeの鳥の総称。アメリカヒレアシHeliornis fulica(英名sungrebe),アジアヒレアシHeliopais personata(英名masked finfoot),アフリカヒレアシPodica senegalensis(英名finfoot)の3属3種よりなり,解剖学的特徴はクイナ科に近いが,外観はウ科,ヘビウ科,カイツブリ科の鳥などに似たところがある。 アフリカにアフリカヒレアシ,南アジアにアジアヒレアシ,熱帯アメリカにアメリカヒレアシが分布している。…

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