sweetfish
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
sweetfish (plural sweetfishes or sweetfish)
- An amphidromous fish, the ayu of East Asia (Plecoglossus altivelis), the only member of its genus and family Plecoglossidae, named and prized for its sweet-tasting flesh, especially in Japan, as a game fish, and is also subject to extensive aquaculture.
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Translations[edit]
amphidromous fish
References[edit]
- Ayu on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Plecoglossus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Plecoglossus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons