also: にしねずみざめ
porbeagle; Lamna nasus
A species of mackerel shark. The Japanese name is usually written in katakana. Related to モウカザメ (salmon shark).
See also: モウカザメ
The porbeagle is a species of shark that lives in the North Atlantic.
Hiragana spelling; less common than katakana for this species name.
Kanji spelling is very rare; the word is almost always written in kana.
The name ニシネズミザメ literally means 'western rat shark', likely from its western distribution (relative to Japan) and a resemblance to a rat, but the exact origin is uncertain.