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noun sweetfishes · 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.
Similar: ayu, ai

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noun amphidromous fish

한국어	은어 euneo
日本語	鮎 ayu, 香魚 kōgyo, 年魚 nengyo
中文	香魚 /香鱼 xiāngyú
Русский	аю́ ajú, айю́ ajjú

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@misc{sweetfish_2026,
  title = {sweetfish},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sweetfish},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}