SEAFOOD SUMMER Fish

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Seafood in Summer : FISH

***** Location: Japan
***** Season: Summer
***** Category: Humanity

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Explanation


See here for more datails about
Trouts and sweetfish ... the naming


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Early Summer


Bonito, first bonito, hatsu gatsuo 初鰹 (はつがつお)


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Mid-Summer

nigoribuna 濁り鮒 (にごりぶな) muddy carp
kind of crucian carp. It swims upriver to spawn and makes the river muddy.
nigori o skuu 濁りを掬う（にごりをすくう）scooping up the mud


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Late Summer


namazu 鯰 (なまず) catfish
Silurus asotus
tsuyu namazu 梅雨鯰（つゆなまず）
gomi namazu ごみ鯰（ごみなまず）
namazunabe, namazu nabe 鯰鍋（なまずなべ） catfish stew
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Wels

Hyootan, Namazu and Daruma -
The Gourd, the Catfish and Daruma 　瓢箪、鯰とだるま



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All Summer

Bonito, katsuo 鰹
"pine fish" katsuo 松漁
"fish with firm meat" katsuo 堅漁
first bonito, hatsu-katsuo, hatsugatsuo　初鰹 (early summer)
fishing for bonito, katsuo-zuri 鰹釣
boat for fishing bonito, katsuobune 鰹船



bull trout, iwana 岩魚
kagyoo 嘉魚（かぎょ）
iwana tsuri 岩魚釣（いわなつり）fishing for iwana
iwanagari 岩魚狩（いわながり）hunting for iwana




Cherry salmon, yamame 山女 Oncorhynchus masou;
Literally "mountain lady", "Mountain Maiden".
Cherry Salmon, yamameuo 山女魚
amago あまご, amego あめご, ame no uo あめのうお, enoha えのは
madara まだら, hirabe ひらべ
五月山女（さつきやまめ）
fishing for cherry salmon, yamame tsuri 山女釣
..... A great hobby of many anglers, seen commonly at the local rivers.
yamame, eine Art Bachforelle


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eel, unagi, 鰻、うなぎ, Aal
..... (see also below in Winter)
WASHOKU : Eel dishes (unagi) Japan. Some are kigo


sea eel, conger, anago　穴子 salt-water eel. Meeraal. Congriscus megastomus


pike conger pike, pike eel hamo 鱧 (はも)
Hamo 鱧 pike conger eel History and food
Muraenesox cinereus. dragontooth


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flying fish, tobi-uo, tobiuo 飛魚
.....................tobi no uo, とびの魚
swallow-fish, tsubame-uo つばめ魚
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..... Flying fish are a delicacy as raw sashimi in many costal areas.
Also called AGO　アゴ in Kyushu. The little ones are dried or fried and some are made to broth (tobi-uo dashi 飛魚だし) for ramen soups.



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Gengoro buna 源五郎鮒 (げんごろうぶな) Carassius cuvieri Temminck
kind of crucian carp (buna)
katadabuna 堅田鮒（かただぶな）
Gengoroo-Karausche



goldfish, kingyo 金魚
Carp (higoi, koi) family Cyprinidae fish
madaragoi 斑鯉（まだらごい）
higoi 日鯉（ひごい）
nishikigoi 錦鯉（にしきごい）brocade carp
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kawarigoi 変り鯉（かわりごい）



grunt isaki 伊佐木／鶏魚 ( いさき)
..... isagi, いさぎ, isegi せぎ, issaki 、いっさき
..... uzu うず


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hasu 鰣 (はす) Alosa reevesii / Hilsa reevesii /Macrura reevesii
shigyo ジギョ（鰣魚)
Hilsa Herring, Hilsa Herring, Reeve's Shad, Reeve's Shad, Reeves Shad, Reeves Shad, Reeves' Shad, Seasonal Shad, Seasonal Shad




horse mackerel, aji 鯵



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killifish, medaka メダカ、めだか


mackerel, saba 鯖



Manatee (Trichechus manatus) North America
The DUGONG (Dugong dugon) has become a topic for haiku.



smelt-whiting, silver-whiting キス 鱚 kisu
sand borer. fam Sillaginidae.
The name is written with the characters for fish and happiness.
http://www.jf-net.ne.jp/jf-net/syun/sakana/kisu/kisu_top.html
http://www.suisan.n-nourin.jp/oh/nfish/daihyo/kisu.html
Weißling




Stone fish, bullhead (okoze 虎魚 (おこぜ, オコゼ ) )




trout, sweetfish, ayu 鮎
Plecoglossus altivelia
annually coming fish, nengyo 年魚
fragrant fish, koogyo 香魚 (best when roasted near a fire)
Masu and Ayu : Trouts and sweetfish ... the naming
nengyo, fish of the year 年魚（ねんぎょ）
ayuryoo kaisen 鮎漁解禁（あゆりょうかいきん）opening the fishing season for ayu
ayuzushi 鮎鮨（あゆずし）ayu sushi
ayu namasu 鮎膾（あゆなます）ayu with namasu dressing
ayu gyoden 鮎魚田（あゆぎょでん）
koogyoo 香魚（こうぎょ）"fragrant fish"
ayugari 鮎狩（あゆがり）fishing for ayu
ayukake 鮎掛（あゆかけ）trap for ayu fishing
ayu no yado 鮎の宿（あゆのやど）inn for fishing ayu
ayu no sato 鮎の里（あゆのさと）rural area with many ayu
ayu ikesu 鮎生簀（あゆいけす）, aquarium for ayu
otori ayu 囮鮎（おとりあゆ）ayu as bait
ayukago 鮎籠（あゆかご）basket to store ayu
ayuryoo 鮎漁（あゆりょう）ayu fishing
ayudoki 鮎時（あゆどき）time for ayu (fishing)


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white dace 白鮠（しらはえ) shirahae
yamabe やまべ , haya はや, oikawa 追川（おいかわ）
yamabe tsuri やまべ釣り（やまべつり） fishing for yamabe
eine Art Bartgrundel

白鮠甘露煮(しろはやかんろに)shirahae kanroni dish


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yellowtail young, hamachi はまち
Seriola quinqueradiata
inada, tsubasu 津走（つばす）,wakashi わかし, wakanago わかなご
fukuragi ふくらぎ
Often served as sushi
junger Gelbschwanz

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Fish as summer food, not in the Saijiki


mekajiki めかじき (眼梶木) swordfish; broadbill
Xiphias gladius
Schwertfisch



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Worldwide use


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Things found on the way


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HAIKU

鱚釣つて父に皓歯をかがやかす　　
kisu tsutte chichi ni kooshi o kagayakasu

he catches a whiting -
his bright white teeth
all shining
　
Oogushi Akira 大串章
source : HAIKUreikuDB FISH

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Related words


Food served on board (funaryoori 船料理 (ふなりょうり))
kigo for all summer


***** WASHOKU : SEAFOOD


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