Year-end sweetfish - Etsunen ayu

Japanese: 越年アユ - えつねんあゆ
Year-end sweetfish - Etsunen ayu

...This state is called "rust" and they are called "rusty ayu". As the name "annual fish" suggests, ayu die after spawning, but some that live in places with low water temperatures or do not mature because they cannot get enough food may survive the year, and are called "overyear ayu" or "furuse". There are ayu that live landlocked in Lake Biwa and Lake Motosu, but while they remain in the lake, they do not grow to a body length of more than 10 cm and are called "koayu". ...

*Some of the terminology used to refer to "year-round Ayu" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…このような状態を〈さびる〉といい,さびアユと呼ぶ。年魚の名のとおり,産卵が終わるとアユは死亡するが,水温の低いところに生息したものや餌が十分とれず成熟しなかった一部は越年することもあり,〈越年アユ〉または〈古瀬(ふるせ)〉などと呼ばれる。 琵琶湖,本栖湖などには陸封されて生息するアユがいるが,湖にとどまっている間は体長が10cm以上にならずコアユと呼ばれている。…

※「越年アユ」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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