. . . "The ayu (\u30A2\u30E6, \u9B8E, \u5E74\u9B5A, \u9999\u9B5A) or sweetfish, Plecoglossus altivelis, is an amphidromous fish, the only species in the genus Plecoglossus and family Plecoglossidae. It is a relative of the smelts, and is placed in the order Osmeriformes. Native to the Palearctic ecozone, it occurs in rivers, lakes, and coastal waters of western Hokkaid\u014D in Japan southward to the Korean Peninsula, China, and Hong Kong."@en . "Ayu"@en . . . . . . "iucn3.1" . "NE" . . . . . .