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AYU - The ayu (, , , ) or sweetfish, Plecoglossus altivelis, is a species of fish. It is the only species in the genus Plecoglossus and family Plecoglossid...
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| Japanese catch up Guyanese hosts |
| Bay usually contains sweet fish |
| Fish for some ray under water |
| Little fish even in 5 |
| Marine and freshwater fish, a popular Japanese delicacy |
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| sweetfish, an amphidromous fish of East Asia, the only member of its genus, Plecoglossus altivelis, named and prized for its sweet-tasting flesh. It is a game fish and is also subject to extensive aquaculture. |
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| Ayu, Tatarstan, RUSSIAN FEDERATION |
| Ayu, Karan State, MYANMAR (Burma) |
| Ayu, Papua, INDONESIA |
| Ayu, Hamah, SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC |
| Ayu, Tenasserim, MYANMAR (Burma) |
| Ayu, Afar, ETHIOPIA |
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The ayu (, , , ) or sweetfish, Plecoglossus altivelis, is a species of fish. It is the only species in the genus Plecoglossus and family Plecoglossidae. It is a relative of the smelts and other fish in the order Osmeriformes. * Native to East Asia, it is distributed in the northwestern Pacific Ocean along the coast of Hokkaid in Japan southward to the Korean Peninsula, China, Hong Kong and northern Vietnam. It is amphidromous, moving between coastal marine waters and freshwater lakes and rivers. A few landlocked populations also exist in lakes in Japan such as Biwa. It is an introduced species in Taiwan.The name "sweetfish" was inspired by the sweetness of its flesh. In reference to its typical one-year lifespan, it is also written as ("year-fish"). Some individuals live two to three years. The ayu is the prefectural fish of Gunma Prefecture and Gifu Prefecture. |