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ヒオドシベラ

Meanings

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noun

lyretail hogfish

Scientific name Bodianus anthioides. A marine fish of the wrasse family.

ヒオドシベラはインド洋ようと太たい平へい洋ようのサンゴ礁しょうに生せい息そくする。
The lyretail hogfish inhabits coral reefs in the Indian and Pacific Oceans.

Etymology

The name likely derives from 緋縅 (ひおどし, 'scarlet-threaded armor') and 遍羅 (べら, 'wrasse'), referring to its reddish coloration and wrasse family. Exact derivation is uncertain.