石持

Compound of 石(いし) (ishi, “stone”) + 持(も)ち (mochi, “possession, ownership”). Literally, “having stones”, referring to the prominently large otoliths in the croakers' skulls.

• (Tokyo) いしもち [ìshímóꜜchì] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [iɕimo̞t͡ɕi]

石(いし)持(もち) or 石持(イシモチ) • (ishimochi) 

1. 石持ち, 石首魚, 石頭魚: synonym of 白口 (shiroguchi, “silver croaker”)
2. synonym of 杜父魚 (kajika, “sculpin; Japanese fluvial sculpin”)
3. (architecture) a crosspiece supporting a stone roof

   Synonym: やあら (yāra)

4. (textiles) short for 石持小紋 (ishimochi komon), a pattern used in stencil dying textiles that resembles a pile of small stones

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as イシモチ (ishimochi).

石(いし)持(もち) • (Ishimochi) 

1. a surname
2. an unknown-gender given name

• Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN