Araregako - Rice crackers

Japanese: アラレガコ - あられがこ
Araregako - Rice crackers

Another name for the freshwater fish mantis (also known as ayukake) belonging to the family Cottus, order Perciformes, class Osteichthyes. In Fukui Prefecture, it is called araregako. The name comes from the sight of the fish lying belly up on a hail day, drifting along the surface, with the white hail hitting its white belly.

[Kunio Amano]

[References] | Praying Mantis

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

硬骨魚綱スズキ目カジカ科に属する淡水魚カマキリ(別名アユカケ)の異名。福井県下でアラレガコとよぶ。あられの降る日に腹を上にして、表層を流れるままに下り、その白い腹に白いあられがあたる情景からこの名が生まれた。

[尼岡邦夫]

[参照項目] | カマキリ

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