Cutting edge - Cutting edge

Japanese: キリクチ - きりくち
Cutting edge - Cutting edge

...A typical freshwater fish that lives in the uppermost waters, it is often found in deeper rivers than the yamame (illustration), and is a popular target for mountain stream fishing. It is called Kirikuchi in Wakayama, Gogi in the Chugoku Mountains, and Imouo in Fukui, and is considered to be a separate lineage of the same species that is distributed independently. It grows to about 30 cm in length, has oval parr marks on its sides, small light gray circular spots, and even smaller vermilion spots below the lateral line.

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

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…最上流水域に生息する代表的な淡水魚で,ヤマメ(イラスト)よりもさらに奥深い谷川に多く,渓流釣りの好対象として釣人たちから注目されている。和歌山ではキリクチ,中国山地ではゴギ,福井ではイモウオと呼ばれ,これらはそれぞれ独立した分布をする同一種内の別系群と考えられる。体長は30cmほどになり,体側に小判形のパー・マークparr markという斑紋をもち,また,小さな淡灰色の円点があり,側線より下にはさらに小さな朱点が混在する。…

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