Nigisu (Nigisu) - Deep sea smelt

Japanese: ニギス(似義須) - ニギス(英語表記)deep sea smelt
Nigisu (Nigisu) - Deep sea smelt
A marine fish of the Argentidae family in the Salmoniformes order (illustration). It is found south of Sagami Bay on the Pacific coast and south of Sado on the Sea of ​​Japan coast, and is called Nigisu or Migisu in Toyama Prefecture, Okigisu in Niigata, and Tongari in Wakayama. Its body shape resembles a whiting, with a slightly large mouth and relatively large eyes. The lower jaw protrudes slightly further than the upper jaw. There are no teeth on either the upper or lower jaw. The body is flexible and the scales are large and very easy to peel off. The fatty fin, typical of Salmoniformes, is attached behind the dorsal fin. As the name Okigisu suggests, it is a deep-sea fish, but it is often caught in the Sea of ​​Japan because it gets very deep from the land.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:
サケ目ニギス科の海産魚(イラスト)。太平洋側では相模湾以南,日本海側では佐渡以南に分布し,富山県ではニギスまたはミギス,新潟ではオキギス,和歌山ではトンガリという。体型はキスのような形をしており,口はやや大きめで,眼も比較的大きい。下あごは上あごよりほんの少し突き出る。上下両あごに歯はない。体は柔軟でうろこは大きめで非常に剝離しやすい。サケ目特有のあぶらびれが背びれの後方についている。オキギスの名のとおり深海性の魚であるが,日本海では陸からすぐ深くなるためよく漁獲される。

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