horse mackerel

On-Yomi: ソウ

Koohii stories:

1) [abaddon] 5-6-2008(28): Fish, visit: Mother to daughter: "I bought you a hors…". The girls started a joyous screaming. "Let's visit it", the girl says. Daughter follows mother to.. the kitchen, showing her the fish she bought. Mother: "I wanted to tell you that I bought a horse mackerel for dinner!".

2) [Elphalpo] 16-7-2010(17): The horse mackerel is a fish that must visit both its horse and mackerel relatives.

3) [Katsuo] 18-1-2008(5): The horse mackerel is the fish that is nonplussed – it isn't sure whether it's a horse or a mackerel.

4) [blannk] 30-10-2009(3): The horse mackerel visits his friend the regular 鯖 mackerel (#2820 鯖) but is turned away because his friend has the blues. Needless to say, he is nonplussed.

5) [mantixen] 16-2-2007(2): The horse mackerel is a fish that has to visit many places since it can't stay still for lack of a swim bladder.