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テングハギ属 (テングハギぞく) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

テングハギ属ぞく

Meanings

1

noun

Naso; genus of surgeonfishes

Taxonomic genus name for a group of tropical marine surgeonfishes (family Acanthuridae). Used in scientific and aquarium contexts.

テングハギ属ぞくの魚さかなは、インド太たい平へい洋ようのサンゴ礁しょうでよく見みられる。
Fishes of the genus Naso are commonly seen on coral reefs in the Indo-Pacific.

Kanji

属belong, genus, subordinate official

Similar words

ニザダイ科か
The family Acanthuridae (surgeonfishes), which includes the genus Naso (テングハギ属).

Etymology

The Japanese name テングハギ (tenguhagi) is a compound of 天狗 (tengu, a mythical creature with a long nose) and 剥ぎ (hagi, from 剥ぐ 'to peel', referring to the scalpel-like spine of surgeonfishes), likely referring to the elongated snout of some Naso species. The suffix 属 (-zoku) means 'genus' in biological taxonomy.