Fox cuckoo - Fox cuckoo

Japanese: キツネソコギス - きつねそこぎす
Fox cuckoo - Fox cuckoo

...It preys on benthic organisms such as worms with its downward-opening mouth. In addition to this species, two other species of Notacanthidae fishes are known from Japan: the fox-sawfish and the black-sawfish (illustration). Both species are deep-sea and are rarely collected by bottom trawling, and are not particularly important in fisheries.

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "fox cricket" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…下方に開いた口でゴカイなどの底生性生物を捕食している。日本産のソコギス科Notacanthidae魚類には本種のほかキツネソコギス,クロソコギス(イラスト)の2種が知られる。いずれも深海性で底引きトロールによりまれに採集されるもので,水産上さして重要ではない。…

※「キツネソコギス」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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