ウキゴリ

noun

common freshwater goby; Gymnogobius urotaenia

A small freshwater goby found in Japan; often used as a general term for several Gymnogobius species.

• ウキゴリは日本にほんの川かわや湖みずうみでよく見みられる小ちいさなハゼの仲なか間まです。

  The ukigori is a small goby commonly found in Japanese rivers and lakes.

noun

floating goby; Gymnogobius petschiliensis

A specific species of goby; distinguished from the common ukigori by its more brackish habitat and slightly different morphology.

See also: スミウキゴリ

• 浮うき鮴ごりの一いっ種しゅ、墨すみ浮うき鮴ごりは汽き水すい域いきに生せい息そくしています。

  The sumi-ukigori, a type of floating goby, inhabits brackish waters.

noun

Gymnogobius opperiens

Another species in the Gymnogobius genus; less commonly encountered.

See also: シマウキゴリ

• 縞しま浮うき鮴ごりはウキゴリ属ぞくの一いっ種しゅで、体からだに縞しま模も様ようがあります。

  The shima-ukigori is a species of the Gymnogobius genus with striped patterns on its body.

noun

isaza goby; Gymnogobius isaza

A small goby endemic to Lake Biwa; sometimes considered a separate species or a subspecies of the common ukigori.

See also: イサザ

• イサザは琵び琶わ湖こに生せい息そくする固こ有ゆう種しゅで、ウキゴリの近きん縁えん種しゅです。

  The isaza is an endemic species of Lake Biwa and a close relative of the ukigori.