雷らい魚ぎょ

noun

blotched snakehead (Channa maculata)

A species of snakehead fish; less commonly encountered in Japan compared to the northern snakehead.

See also: タイワンドジョウ

• 雷らい魚ぎょの一いっ種しゅであるタイワンドジョウは、台たい湾わんや中ちゅう国ごく南なん部ぶに分ぶん布ぷしている。

  The blotched snakehead, a type of snakehead fish, is distributed in Taiwan and southern China.

noun

northern snakehead (Channa argus)

Only with reading らいぎょ

The most well-known snakehead species in Japan; often simply called 雷魚. Reading is restricted to らいぎょ.

See also: カムルチー

• カムルチーは雷らい魚ぎょとも呼よばれ、釣つりの対たい象しょう魚ぎょとして人にん気きがある。

  The northern snakehead is also called 雷魚 and is popular as a game fish.