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) • (ishimochi) 

石持、白口 (Pennahia argentata), white croaker for sale in a market

ネンブツダイ、石持（テンジクダイ科）の一つ: Apogon semilineatus, half-lined cardinalfish, a member of family Apogonidae

1. 石持ち, 石首魚, 石頭魚: synonym of 白口 (shiroguchi, “silver croaker”)
2. (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?)石持ち, 石首魚, 石頭魚: any cardinalfish in the Apogonidae family
3. synonym of カジカ (kajika, “sculpin; Japanese fluvial sculpin”)
4. a crosspiece supporting a stone roof

   Synonym: やあら (yāra)

5. 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.

石(いし)持(もち) • (Ishimochi) 

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

• 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan