Silver-eyed snapper (silver-eyed snapper) - Silver-eyed snapper (silver-eyed snapper)

Japanese: ギンメダイ(銀目鯛) - ギンメダイ（英語表記）beardfish

A marine fish of the family Alphonsidae in the order Alphonsidae (illustration). Found from central Honshu southwards, in the Philippines and Hawaii. The body is laterally compressed and covered with coarse small scales. The dorsal side is blue-gray and the ventral side is paler. The mouth is large, but the lower jaw is short, so it is called "agonashi" in the area around Misaki, Kanagawa Prefecture. There is a pair of barbels at the suture of the lower jaw. There is a black spot on the dorsal fin. It reaches a total length of 50 cm. It lives on sandy and muddy bottoms in the deep sea and is caught with bottom trawls. The flesh is white but not tasty, and is used as an ingredient in kamaboko (fish cake). [Hibiya Kyo]

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

キンメダイ目ギンメダイ科の海産魚（イラスト）。本州中部以南，フィリピン，ハワイに分布。体は側扁し，粗い小鱗で覆われる。背側は青灰色で腹方は淡い。口は大きいが，下あごが短いので神奈川県三崎あたりではアゴナシと呼ぶ。下顎縫合部に1対のひげがある。背びれに1個の黒斑がある。全長50cmに達する。深海の砂泥底にすみ，底引網で漁獲される。肉は白身であるが味はよくなく，かまぼこの原料に用いられる。【日比谷京】

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