fourspine sculpin; Cottus kazika
A species of freshwater/brackish sculpin native to Japan. The name is usually written in kana.
The fourspine sculpin is a freshwater fish found in Japanese rivers.
Rare kanji spelling; may appear in taxonomic or literary contexts.
Variant kanji spelling; even less common than 杜父魚.
The origin of the Japanese name かくぶつ is uncertain. The kanji 杜父魚 and 杜夫魚 are likely ateji (phonetic equivalents) borrowed from Chinese, where they refer to a similar fish.