black and white snapper
A species of snapper (Macolor niger) with a distinctive mottled pattern. The name is usually written in katakana as マダラタルミ.
The black and white snapper is a fish found in the seas around Okinawa.
Mixed kanji-kana spelling; rarely used in practice.
Full kanji spelling; very rare and likely ateji.
The name likely derives from 斑 (まだら, 'mottled') and 樽見 (たるみ), an old name for a type of snapper. The exact origin of たるみ is uncertain.