noun
fourspine sculpin; Cottus kazika
A species of freshwater/brackish sculpin native to Japan. The name is usually written in kana.
かくぶつは日本の川で見られる淡水魚です。
The fourspine sculpin is a freshwater fish found in Japanese rivers.
The origin of the Japanese name かくぶつ is uncertain. The kanji 杜父魚 and 杜夫魚 are likely ateji (phonetic equivalents) borrowed from Chinese, where they refer to a similar fish.