タモロコ

noun

Gnathopogon elongatus; a species of cyprinid fish

A small freshwater fish native to Japan, often found in ponds and slow-moving streams. The name is usually written in kana.

• タモロコは日本にほんの池いけや川かわに生せい息そくする小ちいさな淡たん水すい魚ぎょです。

  The tamoroko is a small freshwater fish that lives in ponds and rivers in Japan.