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  • noun A fresh-water ray-finned fish (Carassius auratus grandoculis), a wild subspecies of goldfish endemic to Japan, its habitat limited to Lake Biwa and environs.

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From Japanese ニゴロブナ (nigorobuna) (also written: 煮頃鮒, 似五郎鮒, にごろぶな)

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