イザリウオ

noun

frogfish; striated frogfish

Refers to fish of the family Antennariidae, especially Antennarius striatus. The term is sensitive because the reading いざり is associated with a discriminatory term for people with mobility impairments; alternative names like カエルアンコウ are sometimes used.

See also: カエルアンコウ

• イザリウオは海かい底ていでじっと動うごかずに獲え物ものを待まつ。

  The frogfish waits motionless on the seabed for its prey.

• 水すい族ぞく館かんでイザリウオの展てん示じを見みた。

  I saw a frogfish exhibit at the aquarium.