Horse mackerel (English spelling) horsemackerel

Japanese: horse mackerel(英語表記)horsemackerel
Horse mackerel (English spelling) horsemackerel

...The subfamily Caranginae is characterized by the development of hard, thorny ridge scales (also called shield scales) on the lateral line, known as "zengo (zeigo)". In English, they are called jack, scad, horse mackerel, etc. Over 40 species belonging to the genera Muroaji, Oniaji, Maaji, Meaji, Kuboaji, Hishikaiwari, Kaiwari (illustration), and Itohikiaji (illustration) are distributed in the seas near Japan, and of these, there are over 30 species in the Kaiwari genus alone. ...

*Some of the terminology that refers to "horse mackerel" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…アジ亜科はいわゆる〈ぜんご(ぜいご)〉と呼ばれる硬いとげのある稜鱗(楯鱗(じゆんりん)ともいう)が側線部に発達するのが特徴。英名でjack,scad,horse mackerelなどと呼ばれる仲間。ムロアジ,オニアジ,マアジ,メアジ,クボアジ,ヒシカイワリ,カイワリ(イラスト),イトヒキアジ(イラスト)の各属に属する40を超える種が日本近海に分布し,そのうちカイワリ属だけで30種を超える。…

※「horse mackerel」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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