Kanagi (fish) - Kanagi

Japanese: カナギ(魚) - かなぎ
Kanagi (fish) - Kanagi

…It is found along the coast from Hokkaido to Kyushu. In many areas, small ones are called kounago, and there are many other local names such as kamasugo in Hyogo Prefecture, meroodo in Sendai, and kanagi in northern Kyushu and Yamaguchi Prefecture. The body is very elongated and cylindrical, with no pelvic fin, and many skin folds running diagonally backward along the sides of the body. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "kanagi (fish)" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…北海道から九州までの沿岸に分布する。多くの地方で小型のものをコウナゴと呼ぶほか,兵庫県ではカマスゴ,仙台でメロオド,九州北部・山口県でカナギなど地方名も多い。体はたいへん細長く,円筒形で腹びれがなく,体側に斜め後方へ走る多数の皮褶がある。…

※「カナギ(魚)」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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