Shirouo (soda fish) - Shirouo (English spelling) ice goby

Japanese: シロウオ(素魚) - シロウオ（英語表記）ice goby

A coastal fish of the Goby family in the Perciformes order (illustration). It is temperate and found in areas south of Aomori. Its body is long and slender, with no scales. When alive, it is a transparent pale yellow color, but when dead, it turns white. Because its name is similar, it is often mistaken for an icefish (Salmoniformes, Icefish family), but its body is slightly cylindrical, and if you look closely at each one, you will see that they are clearly different in appearance. Males have larger pectoral fins than females, and females have a row of small black spots on their ventral sides. It lives in sand near the shore or in sandy mud areas, and swims not only in the bottom layer but also in the mid-layer.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

スズキ目ハゼ科の沿岸魚（イラスト）。温帯性で青森以南の各地に分布する。体は細長くうろこがない。生きているときには透明な淡黄色であるが，死ぬと白色になり，名前も似ているところからシラウオ(サケ目シラウオ科)とまちがえられるが，体がやや円筒形を帯びており，1匹ずつよく見れば形態も明らかに異なる。雄は雌より胸びれが大きく，雌には腹側に小黒点が並ぶ。岸近くの砂中，または砂泥地に生息し，底層のみにとどまらず中層をも遊泳する。

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