sweetfish

English

Sweetfish, ayu, (Plecoglossus altivelis)

Etymology

sweet + fish

Noun

sweetfish (plural sweetfishes or sweetfish)

1. 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.

Synonyms

• (Plecoglossus altivelis): ayu, ai

Translations

amphidromous fish

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 香魚／香鱼 (hoeng¹ jyu^4-2)

  Hakka: 香魚／香鱼 (hiông-ǹg)

  Hokkien: 芳魚／芳鱼 (phang-hî), 溪鰮／溪鳁 (khoe-un, khe-un), 𫙮魚／𫙮鱼 (kia̍t-hî, kia̍t-hû), 𫙮 (kia̍t), 國姓魚／国姓鱼 (kok-sèng-hî, kok-sèng-hû)

  Mandarin: 香魚／香鱼 (zh) (xiāngyú)

• Japanese: 鮎 (ja) (あゆ, ayu), 香魚 (ja) (こうぎょ, kōgyo), 年魚 (ねんぎょ, nengyo)
• Korean: 은어(銀魚) (ko) (euneo)
• Russian: аю́ (ru) f (ajú), айю́ f (ajjú)
• Tagalog: please add this translation if you can

References

• Ayu on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Plecoglossus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Plecoglossus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons