multicolorfin rainbowfish
A species of wrasse (Parajulis poecilepterus) found in coastal waters of Japan and East Asia. The name is usually written in katakana as キュウセン.
I caught a multicolorfin rainbowfish from the breakwater.
The multicolorfin rainbowfish is a beautiful fish that is also edible.
Hiragana spelling is also used, but katakana is more common for fish names.
Ateji kanji form; rarely used in practice.
Ateji kanji form; rarely used in practice.
Rarely used kanji form.
The origin of the name キュウセン is uncertain. The kanji forms 求仙, 九仙, and 気宇仙 are ateji and not etymologically related to the word's derivation.