Filefish (skinned) - filefish (English spelling)

Japanese: カワハギ(皮剝) - カワハギ(英語表記)file fish
Filefish (skinned) - filefish (English spelling)
A marine fish of the filefish family in the order Tetraodontiformes (illustration). It is widely distributed in the waters south of central Honshu and in the southern waters. The body is significantly compressed laterally, with a small mouth at the tip of the protruding snout. The skin is tough, and the scales are small and have minute spines, giving the surface of the body a villiform appearance. The local names, such as hage in the Seto Inland Sea region and kawamuki in Fukuoka, and the standard Japanese name, kawahagi, are all given to this fish because the tough skin is peeled off and used for eating. The first dorsal and pelvic fins have degenerated, leaving only a single spine each.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:
フグ目カワハギ科の海産魚(イラスト)。本州中部以南,南方水域に広く分布する。体は著しく側扁し,突出した吻(ふん)の先端に小さな口がある。皮膚はかたく,うろこは小さくて微小なとげがあるため体の表面は絨毛(じゆうもう)状を呈する。瀬戸内地方でハゲ,福岡でカワムキなどの地方名も,標準和名のカワハギも,かたい皮をはいで食膳に供するところからつけられたものである。第1背びれと腹びれは退化していずれも1本の棘(きよく)だけになっている。

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