金石魚

Possibly from 黄(き) (ki, “yellow”) and グチ (guchi, “Nibea, croaker”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• IPA^(key): [kʲiɡɯ̟ᵝt͡ɕi]

金石魚(きぐち) or 金石魚(キグチ) • (kiguchi) 

キグチ (redlip croaker), dried and grilled

1. redlip croaker, yellow corvina, yellow croaker, Larimichthys polyactis (a species of marine fish)

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as キグチ.

Possibly from 金(きん) (kin, “gold, golden”) and グチ (guchi, “Nibea, croaker”). Compare 金魚(きんぎょ) (kingyo, “goldfish”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• IPA^(key): [kʲĩŋɡɯ̟ᵝt͡ɕi]

金石(きん)魚(ぐち) or 金石魚(キングチ) • (kinguchi) 

1. synonym of 金石魚 (kiguchi)

• “キグチ”, in 日本大百科全書：ニッポニカ (Nippon Dai Hyakka Zensho: Nipponica, “Encyclopedia Nipponica”)‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 1984
• “金石魚”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months

• Larimichthys polyactis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia