Description

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Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 8 - 10; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 12 - 19; Vertebrae: 53 - 57. Vomer T-shaped with well-developed posterior process; periphery of glossohyal bone with single row of conical teeth, central part toothless; gill rakers 10(7-11) + 23(20-25) = 32(29-36); pyloric caeca 4(1-6); base of adipose fin less then 20% of head length; eye large; adipose eyelid absent.

Common Names

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Japansk søsmelt , Danish , Denmark

Japanese smelt , English , Global

Kunashir smelt , English , USA

Wakasagi , English , USA

Chishima wakasagi , Japanese , Japan

Wakasagi , Japanese , Japan

ワカサギ , Japanese , Japan

西太公魚 , Mandarin Chinese , China

西太公鱼 , Mandarin Chinese , China

Корюшка малоротая японская , Russian , Russia

японская малоротая корюшка , Russian , Russia

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Osmeriformes

Family: Osmeridae

Genus: Hypomesus

Species: Hypomesus nipponensis McAllister, 1963

Climate Zone

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Temperate

Location

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Biology

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Found in open water of impoundments and their tributaries, in fresh and brackish water. Primarily a brackish water species (Ref.33312). Anadromous (Ref. 37812).

Habitat

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freshwater