Salangichthys | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Osmeriformes |
Family: | Salangidae |
Genus: |
Salangichthys Bleeker, 1860 |
Species: | S. microdon
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Binomial name | |
Salangichthys microdon (
Bleeker, 1860)
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Salangichthys microdon, the Japanese icefish, is a species of icefish found in Japan, Korea and the Russian Far East. With the recent removal of S. ishikawae to the genus Neosalangichthys [1] this species is the only remaining member of the genus Salangichthys. This species grows to a total length of 10 cm (3.9 in). [2] Despite its small size, it is considered a food fish and caught in commercial fisheries. [3] [4]
Salangichthys microdon may show both migratory ( anadromous; adults in salt water but moving to fresh water to breed) and non-migratory (always in brackish or fresh water) life histories, with both types periodically occurring together. [5] [6]
In Japan, the fish is known as shirauo ("white fish"). It is often eaten raw as sashimi and sushi.
Salangichthys | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Osmeriformes |
Family: | Salangidae |
Genus: |
Salangichthys Bleeker, 1860 |
Species: | S. microdon
|
Binomial name | |
Salangichthys microdon (
Bleeker, 1860)
|
Salangichthys microdon, the Japanese icefish, is a species of icefish found in Japan, Korea and the Russian Far East. With the recent removal of S. ishikawae to the genus Neosalangichthys [1] this species is the only remaining member of the genus Salangichthys. This species grows to a total length of 10 cm (3.9 in). [2] Despite its small size, it is considered a food fish and caught in commercial fisheries. [3] [4]
Salangichthys microdon may show both migratory ( anadromous; adults in salt water but moving to fresh water to breed) and non-migratory (always in brackish or fresh water) life histories, with both types periodically occurring together. [5] [6]
In Japan, the fish is known as shirauo ("white fish"). It is often eaten raw as sashimi and sushi.