鯛

emperor red snapper (Lutjanus sebae); bourgeois red snapper; bourgeois fish

rock porgy (Oplegnathus punctatus); spotted knifejaw

Japanese soldierfish (Ostichthys japonicus)

silver eye (species of beardfish, Polymixia japonica)

Pacific barrelfish (Hyperoglyphe japonica)

painted sweetlips (Diagramma pictum)

(adult male) Asian sheepshead wrasse (Semicossyphus reticulatus)

silver sea bream (Sparus sarba)

crescent sweetlips (species of fish, Plectorhinchus cinctus)

North Pacific squirrelfish (Sargocentron spinosissimum)

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

bluestriped angelfish (Chaetodontoplus septentrionalis)

sharphead hogfish (Bodianus oxycephalus)

golden threadfin bream (Nemipterus virgatus); besugo

small-toothed jobfish (Aphareus furca)

queen snapper (Etelis coruscans); ruby snapper; flame snapper

red bigeye (Priacanthus macracanthus)

lavender jobfish (Pristipomoides sieboldii); flower jobfish

vertical-striped cardinalfish (Apogon lineatus); Indian perch; coral fish

Japanese armorhead (Pentaceros japonicus)

half-lined cardinalfish (Ostorhinchus semilineatus)

Food, cooking

fish-shaped pancake filled with bean jam

Proverb

a diamond on a dunghill is still a diamond; quality is quality; an old eagle is better than a young crow; even if it's rotten, it's still sea bream

Idiomatic expression

to throw in a shrimp and pull out a whale; to use a sprat to catch a mackerel; to get big returns on a small investment