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Meanings

kunimasu; black kokanee

usually written using kana alone

A rare Japanese subspecies of sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka kawamurae), originally endemic to Lake Tazawa in Akita Prefecture. Once thought extinct, it was rediscovered in Lake Saiko in 2010.

クニマスは秋あき田た県けんの田た沢ざわ湖こだけに生せい息そくしていた固こ有ゆう種しゅです。
The kunimasu is an endemic species that lived only in Lake Tazawa, Akita Prefecture.
2010年ねんに山やま梨なし県けんの湖みずうみでクニマスが再さい発はっ見けんされました。
In 2010, kunimasu were rediscovered in a lake in Yamanashi Prefecture.