Wolf fish - Wolf fish (English spelling)

Japanese: オオカミウオ(狼魚) - オオカミウオ(英語表記)wolf fish
Wolf fish - Wolf fish (English spelling)
A marine fish of the Perciformes order, family Polytminae (illustration). It is a cold-water fish that is found in Alaska, the Bering Sea, the Sea of ​​Okhotsk, and Sakhalin. In Japan, it is found in a narrow area, mainly along the coast of the Sea of ​​Okhotsk in Hokkaido. Its English name is said to come from the fact that it has powerful conical canines in the front of both jaws, giving it a wolf-like appearance, and its Japanese name is also derived from this English name. Another major characteristic is the presence of large molars on the sides of both jaws, the vomer, and the palatine bone, which it uses to crush and eat bivalves and snails, as well as large crustaceans.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:
スズキ目オオカミウオ科の海産魚(イラスト)。寒海性の魚で,アラスカ,ベーリング海,オホーツク海,サハリンなどに分布している。日本では北海道のオホーツク海沿岸を中心とした狭い範囲に分布している。英名は両あご前部に強大な円錐状の犬歯があり,容貌がオオカミに似ていることに由来するといわれ,和名もこの英名による。また,両あごの側部,鋤骨(じよこつ),口蓋骨(こうがいこつ)に粗大な臼歯(きゆうし)のあることが大きな特徴で,これを用いて二枚貝や巻貝をくだいて食べたり,大型の甲殻類を食べる。

出典 株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について 情報

<<:  Werewolf - Wolf Man

>>:  Wolf - Wolf

Recommend

Edo Domain Residence

...the residences of various feudal lords located...

Military Comfort Women

These women were placed under the supervision of t...

Fallow farming - Kyuukan no ugyou

…The category to which Japanese agriculture belon...

Solvent refined coal

...Hydrogen is donated from the solvent to the fr...

Diary literature - Nikkibungaku

Japan Diaries were related to the establishment a...

Die Fackel

In this sense, Krauss's role can be said to b...

Bhadravarman I

...In ancient times, the Chinese called it Linyu,...

Genpo Kyūikishi (English: Yuan-feng jiu-yu-zhi; Yüan-fêng chiu-yü-chih)

A geographical book compiled by Wang Cun and other...

Takeshi Inoue - Inoue Kowashi

A bureaucrat in the early Meiji period. Born on D...

Guo - く

…The tombs of the nobles of Guo from the late West...

Kandocho - Kantocho

…At Zen temples, a document called the Koukatsuch...

Basket making - Candles

〘 noun 〙 During the Heian period, this was one of ...

Apprenticeship system - English

A system of learning in which a person learns thr...

Mountain well - Yamanoi

Haikai seasonal collection. Written by Kitamura Ki...

Edinburgh Observatory - Edinburgh Observatory

...A further 4.2-metre telescope is currently und...