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ツノハタタテダイ

Meanings

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noun

horned bannerfish; hunchbacked coralfish

A species of butterflyfish (Heniochus varius) with a distinctive hump and long dorsal filament.

ツノハタタテダイはインド太たい平へい洋ようのサンゴ礁しょうで見みられる。
The horned bannerfish is found on coral reefs in the Indo-Pacific.

Etymology

The name is a compound of ツノ (horn), ハタタテダイ (pennant coralfish, Heniochus acuminatus), referring to the horn-like projection and its relation to other bannerfish.