noun
milkfish
A common food fish in Southeast Asia and Taiwan, known scientifically as Chanos chanos.
台湾ではサバヒーを養殖している。
In Taiwan, they farm milkfish.
サバヒーのお腹には小骨が多い。
Milkfish have many small bones in their belly.
The Japanese name is borrowed from the Taiwanese Hokkien name for the fish, 虱目魚 (sat-ba̍k-hî). The kanji spelling is ateji.