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スジクロハギ

also: ホワイトバーサージャンフィッシュ · ホワイトバーサージョンフィッシュ

Meanings

1

noun

whitebar surgeonfish

A species of tang (Acanthurus leucopareius) found in the Western Central Pacific. Primarily used in ichthyological contexts.

スジクロハギは西せい部ぶ中ちゅう央おう太たい平へい洋ように生せい息そくするニザダイの一いっ種しゅです。
The whitebar surgeonfish is a species of tang that inhabits the Western Central Pacific.

Written forms

ホワイトバーサージャンフィッシュ
Loanword spelling from English 'whitebar surgeonfish'; rarely used in Japanese.
ホワイトバーサージョンフィッシュ
Variant loanword spelling; rarely used.

Etymology

The Japanese name スジクロハギ likely derives from 筋 (suji, 'stripe'), 黒 (kuro, 'black'), and ハギ (hagi, a common suffix for surgeonfish), referring to its striped and dark coloration. The loanword forms are direct borrowings from English 'whitebar surgeonfish'.