Kyomodori - Returning today

Japanese: キョウモドリ - きょうもどり
Kyomodori - Returning today

…A marine fish of the family Grouper in the order Perciformes (illustration). The name "kue" was originally used in Kochi Prefecture, Osaka Prefecture, and Wakayama Prefecture, and is called "kuemasu" in Futagi Island, Mie Prefecture, "kyomodori" in Wakayama Prefecture, and "ara" in Shimonoseki. In Kochi Prefecture, the juveniles of this species are called "aona" or "igisu." …

From [Kolodai]

...In Lake Hamana, they are called egodai, in the Seto Inland Sea and Kochi Prefecture, they are called kotai, and in Kagoshima Prefecture, they are called kawakodai. In Nikijima, Mie Prefecture, they are called kyomodori, which is said to mean that they were sent to Kyoto as sea bream but were sent back as they were not. In Tanabe, Wakayama Prefecture, small ones are called machimawari because they are unsalable and go around town selling them...

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Kyomodori" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…スズキ目ハタ科の海産魚(イラスト)。クエという呼称はもとは高知県,大阪府,和歌山県などで使われていたもので,三重県二木島でクエマス,和歌山県でキョウモドリ,下関でアラと呼ぶ。また,高知県では本種の幼魚をアオナまたはイギスと呼ぶ。…

【コロダイ】より

…浜名湖でエゴダイ,瀬戸内海,高知県でコタイ,鹿児島県でカワコダイと呼ぶ。三重県二木島ではキョウモドリというが,これはタイとして京へ送ったが違うとして送り返されたとの意であるといわれる。和歌山県田辺では小型のものは不味のため売れず町を売りまわるとしてマチマワリと呼ばれる。…

※「キョウモドリ」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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