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sweetfish
sweetfish
English

Sweetfish, ayu, Plecoglossus altivelis
Noun
sweetfish (plural sweetfishes or sweetfish)
- An amphidromous fish, the ayu of East Asia, the only member of its genus, Plecoglossus altivelis, family Plecoglossidae, named and prized for its sweet-tasting flesh, especially in Japan, as a game fish, and is also subject to extensive aquaculture.