noun
bluestreak cleaner wrasse
A small reef fish known for cleaning parasites from other fish. Scientific name: Labroides dimidiatus.
ホンソメワケベラは他の魚の寄生虫を食べることで知られている。
The bluestreak cleaner wrasse is known for eating parasites off other fish.
Katakana spelling is standard for this fish name.
Ateji kanji spelling; rarely used. The word is usually written in kana.
The name is a compound of 本染 (honzome, 'true dyeing' or perhaps 'main dyeing') and 分倍良 (wakebera, an old name for a type of wrasse). The exact derivation is uncertain; it likely refers to the fish's distinctive coloration.