Horse-striped sardine - Horse-striped sardine

Japanese: ウマヅラハギ - うまづらはぎ
Horse-striped sardine - Horse-striped sardine

This saltwater fish belongs to the order Tetraodontiformes and family Polytminae of the family Polytminae. It is found in all parts of Japan south of Hokkaido, as well as in the Yellow Sea and the East China Sea. Its body is oblong and laterally compressed. The spine of its dorsal fin is located behind the center of the eye. The protrusion at the rear end of its pelvic fin is immobile. Its body is gray, and when alive, dark spots are scattered on the sides of its body. All of its fins are green-blue. The surface of its body is covered with tiny scales. Its long snout is reminiscent of a horse, from which it gets its name. It can reach a total length of 30 centimeters. The dorsal edge of the snout of the male is prominent, while that of the female is straight, and females are taller than males, making it easy to distinguish between the sexes. It lives along the coast in large schools, spawning from May to July. From the early 1960s to the early 1970s, there was an abnormal proliferation of the fish, to the point that fixed net fishermen in various regions had difficulty disposing of them, but in recent years the catch has stabilized again. The meat is skinned and dried, and sold as a souvenir. It tastes slightly inferior to that of the filefish, but is still delicious.

[Keiichi Matsuura]

Black-spotted Scallop (Ecology)
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Black-spotted Scallop (Ecology)


Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

硬骨魚綱フグ目カワハギ科に属する海水魚。北海道以南の日本各地と黄海、東シナ海に分布する。体は長楕円(ちょうだえん)形で側扁(そくへん)する。背びれの棘(とげ)は目の中央より後ろに位置する。腹びれ後端の突起は不動性。体色は灰色で、生時には体側に暗色斑(あんしきはん)が散在する。すべてのひれが緑青色を呈する。体の表面は微小な鱗(うろこ)に覆われる。吻(ふん)が長いのがウマを連想させ、名前の由来になっている。全長は30センチメートルに達する。雄の吻部背縁は突出し、雌では直線的であり、また体高は雌のほうが雄より大きいので、雌雄の識別は容易である。沿岸に生息し大きな群れをつくり、5~7月に産卵する。1960年代前半から70年代前半にかけて異常繁殖し、各地の定置網漁業者が処理に困るほどであったが、近年漁獲量はふたたび安定してきた。肉は皮をはいで干物にし、土産(みやげ)物として販売されている。味はカワハギより若干劣るが美味である。

[松浦啓一]

ウマヅラハギ(生態)
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ウマヅラハギ(生態)


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