鯔いな

noun

young striped mullet

Refers specifically to the juvenile stage of the striped mullet (Mugil cephalus); the adult is called ぼら. The obsolete reading なよし can sometimes refer to adults as well.

See also: ボラ (ぼら)

• 河か口こうでいなの群むれを見みつけた。

  I found a school of young striped mullet at the river mouth.

• いなは成せい長ちょうするとぼらと呼よばれる。

  Young striped mullet are called ぼら when they grow up.