New fish was discovered in the deep sea It was also named! (11/19/26)- Easy News

深海で“新種の魚”発見　付いた名前にギョ！(19/11/26)

New fish was discovered in the deep sea It was also named! (11/19/26)

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こちらが駿河湾の水深約1500メートルで見つかったクサウオ科の新種「スルガノオニビ」です。
This is new fish species called "Suruga no Onibi" of the Liparidae family, it has been found at a depth of 1500m in Suruga Bay.
丸みを帯びた頭部と細長い尾の部分、さらに青白い色などが日本の怪談に登場する火の玉「鬼火」に似ていることから命名されました。
This fish has a round head and elongated tail, its color is as pale as the "Onibi" ghosts that appear in Japanese ghost stories, so it is named "Suruga no Onibi".
スルガノオニビを発見したのは東海大学海洋学部の研究グループで、専門誌のオンライン版で報告したということです。
Suruga no Onibi was discovered by a research group at the Department of Oceanography, Tokai University, and its image was published on the online page of a specialized magazine.

こちらが駿河湾の水深約1500メートルで見つかったクサウオ科の新種「スルガノオニビ」です。

見つかる

To be found, to be discovered

約

Approximately, about; promise; shortening, reduction, simplification; contraction (in phonetics)

科

Department, section, faculty, school, arm; course (of study), branch of study, specialization; (taxonomical) family

水深

depth of water

新種

new species, new variety
丸みを帯びた頭部と細長い尾の部分、さらに青白い色などが日本の怪談に登場する火の玉「鬼火」に似ていることから命名されました。

似る

To resemble, to look like, to take after; to be similar (in status, condition, etc.), to be close, to be alike, to be like

日本

Japan

部分

Portion, section, part

青白い

Pale, pallid; bluish-white

登場

Entry (on stage), appearance (on screen); entrance, introduction (into a market)

尾

Tail (animal, kite, comet, etc.), tail end; slope at the foot of a mountain

帯びる

To wear (sword, decoration, etc.), to carry; to be entrusted (e.g. with a mission), to take on; to have a trace of, to be tinged with

色

Colour, color; complexion; appearance, look; love, lust, sensuality, love affair, lover; kind, type, variety

鬼火

Will-o''-the-wisp, jack-o''-lantern

丸み

Roundness, rotundity; mellowness, maturity

頭部

Head, cranium; cephalic

怪談

Ghost story

命名

Naming, christening

細長い

Long and narrow

火の玉

fireball, ball of fire; will-o'-the-wisp, jack-o'-lantern
スルガノオニビを発見したのは東海大学海洋学部の研究グループで、専門誌のオンライン版で報告したということです。

研究

Study, research, investigation

発見

Discovery, detection, finding

報告

Report, information

グループ

Group (usu. of people)

海洋

Ocean

学部

Department of a university; undergraduate (course, program, etc.)

版

Edition, version, printing, impression, implementation (e.g. software); plate, block, cast

誌

Magazine

専門

Speciality, specialty, subject of study, expert, area of expertise

オンライン

online