also: らぶか
frilled shark
A deep-sea shark species, Chlamydoselachus anguineus. The name is usually written in katakana.
The frilled shark is a primitive deep-sea shark species.
Hiragana variant, less common than katakana but still used.
Rarely used kanji form; the reading ラブカ is normally written in kana.
The Japanese name ラブカ is likely derived from the English 'frilled shark' or a related term, but the exact derivation is uncertain.