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海老で鯛を釣る

えびでたいをつる
to throw in a shrimp and pull out a whale; to use a sprat to catch a mackerel
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横条笛鯛

よこすじふえだい、ヨコスジフエダイ
spotstripe snapper (species of fish, Lutjanus ophuysenii)
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寒鯛

かんだい
Asian sheepshead wrasse (Semicossyphus reticulatus); scarbreast tuskfin (Choerodon azurio)
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黄鯛

きだい、キダイ
yellowback sea bream (Dentex tumifrons)
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茅渟鯛

ちぬだい、チヌダイ
black porgy (Acanthopagrus schlegeli)
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浜鯛

はまだい、ハマダイ
queen snapper (Etelis coruscans); ruby snapper; flame snapper
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疣鯛

いぼだい、イボダイ、エボダイ
Japanese butterfish (Psenopsis anomala); melon seed
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千年鯛

せんねんだい、センネンダイ
emperor red snapper (Lutjanus sebae); bourgeois red snapper; bourgeois fish
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赤鯛

あかだい
red sea bream (i.e. the tai, Pagrus major); fish given to a tournament winner as congratulations
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瑠璃雀鯛

るりすずめだい、ルリスズメダイ
sapphire devil (Chrysiptera cyanea, damselfish from the Indo-West Pacific)