Description

Vertebrae: 52 - 56.

Common Names

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Osmeriformes

Family: Salangidae

Genus: Neosalanx

Species: Neosalanx reganius Wakiya & Takahashi, 1937

Climate Zone

Biology

Inhabits the tidal areas of the rivers above the salt front, 16-20 km upstream from the river mouth and sometimes found in areas with low seawater concentrations (Ref. 37303). Planktivorous fish. Feed on calanoid copepod, Sinocalanus sinensis which is the most dominant prey item; cyclopoids, Daphniasp. and decapod mysid (Ref. 57041).

Habitat

freshwater

Conservation Status

Endangered

Threat to Humans

Harmless