Description

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Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9 - 11; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 14 - 19; Vertebrae: 59 - 64. Vomer large, with broad, bifurcated posterior process; periphery of glossohyal bone with row of conical teeth, a few similar teeth located more centrally; pyloric caeca 6(4-7); base of adipose fin less than 20% of head length; eye small; adipose eyelid poorly developed.

Common Names

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Japanese smelt , English , USA

Chika , Japanese , Japan

날빙어 , Korean , Korea (South)

별빙어 , Korean , Korea (South)

日本公魚 , Mandarin Chinese , China

日本公鱼 , Mandarin Chinese , China

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Osmeriformes

Family: Osmeridae

Genus: Hypomesus

Species: Hypomesus japonicus (Brevoort, 1856)

Climate Zone

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Temperate

Location

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Biology

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A marine-coastal species; spawning occurs in May on beaches (Ref. 33312). Anadromous (Ref. 37812).

Habitat

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freshwater