Description

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9 - 11; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 16 - 20; Vertebrae: 52 - 57. Vomer without posterior process; periphery of glossohyal bone with single row of conical teeth, central part toothless; pyloric caeca 4(2-5); base of adipose fin more than 20% of head length; eye large; adipose eyelid poorly developed.

Common Names

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Osmeriformes

Family: Osmeridae

Genus: Hypomesus

Species: Hypomesus transpacificus McAllister, 1963

Climate Zone

Biology

Adults occur in open brackish and freshwater of large channels. Diet consists of zooplankton (Ref. 33312).

Habitat

brackish

Conservation Status

Critically Endangered

Threat to Humans

Harmless