spiny eel

Japanese: spiny eel(英語表記)spinyeel
spiny eel

…The body shape is eel-shaped, and the dorsal fin, which starts from the upper dorsal edge of the pectoral fin, consists of 27 to 38 sparse spines, the distance between the spines being longer than the length of the spines. In English, this species is collectively called spiny eels, which comes from the spines on the dorsal fin. It is known from the deep seas around the Kanto region, the Bering Sea, and off the coast of New Zealand, and is thought to be a cold-water species. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "spiny eel" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…体形はウナギ形で,胸びれの上方背縁から始まる背びれは27~38本のまばらなとげからなり,その棘間(きよくかん)距離はとげの長さより長い。英語で,この仲間をspiny eelと総称するが,この背びれのとげに由来する。関東近海の深海,ベーリング海およびニュージーランド沖から知られ,寒海性の種と考えられる。…

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