銀ムツ

Japanese

Kanji in this term
銀
ぎん Grade: 3
kan’on

Alternative spellings
銀むつ 銀鯥

Etymology

Superficially 銀(ぎん) (gin, “silver”) + 鯥(むつ) (mutsu, “gnomefish; fish”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɡʲĩmːɯ̟ᵝt͡sɨᵝ]

Noun

銀(ぎん)ムツ • (ginmutsu) 

1. Patagonian toothfish (Dissostichus eleginoides); Chilean sea bass

   Synonyms: メロ (“mero”), マジェランアイナメ (“majeran ainame”), チリアンシーバス (“chirian shī basu”)

   • 2019 January 23, “Nihon kara kietsutsu aru umai sakana [Great fish continue to disappear from Japan]”, in Umi to inochi no mirai o tsukuru‎^[1]:

     最近(さいきん)スーパーなどで見(み)ることがなくなった魚(さかな)に「メロ」があります。　以前(いぜん)は「銀(ぎん)ムツ」の名前(なまえ)で売(う)られていた魚(さかな)で、正式(せいしき)な和名(わめい)は「マジェランアイナメ」もしくは「ライギョダマシ」といい、南極近辺(なんきょくきんぺん)に生息(せいそく)するノトセニアの仲間(なかま)の白身魚(しろみざかな)です。

     Saikin sūpā nado de miru koto ga nakunatta sakana ni “mero” ga arimasu. Izen wa “ginmutsu” no namae de urarete-ita sakana de, seishiki na wamei wa “majeran ainame” moshiku wa “raigyo damashi” to ii, nankyoku kinpen ni seisoku suru notosenia no nakama no shiromizakana desu.

     A fish that is disappearing from supermarkets recently is the “mero”. The fish was formerly sold under the name “ginmutsu”, its official Japanese name is “majeran ainame” [Magellanic greenling] or “raigyo damashi” [false snakehead], and it is a white-fleshed fish that lives near the Antarctic, related to the Notothenia.