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sea bream (esp. Pagrus major)

good food requires good company

emperor red snapper (Lutjanus sebae)

splendid alfonsino (Beryx splendens)

red bigeye (Priacanthus macracanthus)

silver eye (species of beardfish, Polymixia japonica)

North Pacific squirrelfish (Sargocentron spinosissimum)

half-lined cardinalfish (Ostorhinchus semilineatus)

Pacific barrelfish (Hyperoglyphe japonica)

John Dory (Zeus faber)

gilt-head bream (Sparus aurata)

silver sea bream (Sparus sarba)

Scarus ovifrons (species of parrotfish)

bluestriped angelfish (Chaetodontoplus septentrionalis)

striped beakfish (Oplegnathus fasciatus)

red sea bream (Pagrus major)

traditional sea bream-shaped toy car

Japanese parrotfish (Calotomus japonicus)

tripletail (Lobotes surinamensis)

to throw in a shrimp and pull out a whale

rock porgy (Oplegnathus punctatus)

scalpel sawtail (Prionurus scalprum)

Papuan black snapper (Lutjanus goldiei)

queen snapper (Etelis coruscans)

spotstripe snapper (species of fish, Lutjanus ophuysenii)

Matsubara's red rockfish (Sebastes matsubarae)

red sea bream (i.e. the tai, Pagrus major)

black porgy (Acanthopagrus schlegeli)

blue green damselfish (Chromis viridis)

small-toothed jobfish (Aphareus furca)

whitetail dascyllus (Dascyllus aruanus)

crimson sea bream (Evynnis japonica)

chinamanfish (Symphorus nematophorus)

neon damselfish (Pomacentrus coelestis)

better be the head of a dog than the tail of a lion

man-of-war fish (Nomeus gronovii)

tilefish (Branchiostegus spp.)

spotted scat (Scatophagus argus)

humpnose big-eye bream (Monotaxis grandoculis)

vertical-striped cardinalfish (Apogon lineatus)

spottedtail morwong (Goniistius zonatus)

emperor angelfish (Pomacanthus imperator)

cherry anthias (Sacura margaritacea)

stout chromis (Chromis chrysura)

Chinese emperor (species of emperor bream, Lethrinus haematopterus)

bluestripe snapper (Lutjanus kasmira)

tai chazuke

yellowback sea bream (Dentex tumifrons)

a diamond on a dunghill is still a diamond

Asian sheepshead wrasse (Semicossyphus reticulatus)

Japanese armorhead (Pentaceros japonicus)

lavender jobfish (Pristipomoides sieboldii)

mangrove jack (Lutjanus argentimaculatus)

crescent sweetlips (species of fish, Plectorhinchus cinctus)

longnose butterfly fish (Forcipiger flavissimus, species of butterflyfish from the Indo-Pacific)

sapphire devil (Chrysiptera cyanea)

pearl-spot chromis (Chromis notata)

star snapper (species of fish, Lutjanus stellatus)

golden threadfin bream (Nemipterus virgatus)

two-spot red snapper (Lutjanus bohar)

sharphead hogfish (Bodianus oxycephalus)

Japanese soldierfish (Ostichthys japonicus)

black porgy (Acanthopagrus schlegeli)

decorative fish displayed during festive occasions

rice with minced sea bream (tai)

red sea bream (Pagellus bogaraveo)

Japanese butterfish (Psenopsis anomala)

(adult male) Asian sheepshead wrasse (Semicossyphus reticulatus)

painted sweetlips (Diagramma pictum)