マジェランアイナメ

Japanese

マジェランアイナメ: Patagonian toothfish, Dissostichus eleginoides

Alternative forms

• マゼランアイナメ (mazeran ainame)

Etymology

Compound of マジェラン (majeran, “Magellanic”) + アイナメ (ainame, “greenling”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ma̠ʑe̞ɾã̠ɰ̃a̠ina̠me̞]

Noun

マジェランアイナメ • (majeran ainame) 

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

   Synonyms: メロ (“mero”), 銀ムツ (“ginmutsu”), 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]:

     以(い)前(ぜん)は「銀(ぎん)ムツ」の名(な)前(まえ)で売(う)られていた魚(さかな)で、正(せい)式(しき)な和(わ)名(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(なん)極(きょく)近(きん)辺(ぺん)に生(せい)息(そく)するノトセニアの仲(なか)間(ま)の白(しろ)身(み)魚(ざかな)です。

     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.

     The fish was formerly sold under the name “ginmutsu”, its official Japanese name is “majeran ainame” [Magellanic greenling], also called “raigyo damashi” [false snakehead], and it is a white-fleshed fish that lives near the Antarctic, related to the notothenia.