Hatahata (sailfin sandfish) - Hatahata (English spelling)

Japanese: ハタハタ(鰰∥鱩) - ハタハタ（英語表記）sailfin sandfish

A marine fish of the family Padae in the order Perciformes that lives in cold currents (illustration). It is widely distributed in the North Pacific Ocean, but in Japan it inhabits northern Japan from Miyagi Prefecture and Shimane Prefecture northward. In Akita, it is called Kaminariuo (lightning fish) because thunder is often heard around November when it comes ashore to spawn. In Takada and Noe, Niigata Prefecture, it is called Shimaaji, and in Tottori, it is called Kahata or Shirohata. Its body is slightly elongated and laterally compressed, with no scales or lateral line. The dorsal side of its body is yellowish brown with irregular black-brown spots. The abdomen is white. It reaches a body length of 28 cm. It lives on sandy and muddy bottoms at depths of 100 to 400 meters, but during the spawning season in November and December, it forms large schools and appears in seaweed beds several meters deep, where it lays egg masses on seaweed and other materials.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

スズキ目ハタハタ科の寒流域にすむ海産魚（イラスト）。北太平洋に広く分布しているが，日本では宮城県および島根県以北の北日本に生息している。秋田では産卵のため接岸する11月ころよく雷が鳴るためカミナリウオと呼ぶ。新潟県高田･能生でシマアジ，鳥取でカハタ，シロハタなどと呼ぶ。体はやや細長く，側扁し，うろこや側線がない。体の背側は黄褐色で，不規則な黒褐色斑がある。腹部は白い。体長28cmに達する。水深100～400mの砂泥底にすんでいるが，産卵期の11～12月になると，大きな群れをつくり，水深数mの藻場に現れ，海藻などに卵塊を産みつける。

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