Salangidae
Salangidae, the icefishes or noodlefishes, are a family of small osmeriform fish, related to the smelts. They are found in Eastern Asia, ranging from the Russian Far East in the north to Vietnam in the south, with the highest species richness in China. Some species are widespread and common, but others have relatively small ranges and are threatened. Depending on species, they inhabit coastal marine, brackish or fresh water habitats, and some are anadromous, only visiting fresh water to spawn. Appearance and life cycle They are slender, have translucent or transparent bodies and almost no scales (females are entirely scale-less, while males have a few). The head is strongly depressed and has numerous teeth. The adults are believed to be neotenic, retaining some larval features. For example, the skeleton is not fully ossified, consisting largely of cartilage. They are small fish, typically around long; only a few reach , and the largest species no more than . Icefish rapidly rea ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Salangidae
Salangidae, the icefishes or noodlefishes, are a family of small osmeriform fish, related to the smelts. They are found in Eastern Asia, ranging from the Russian Far East in the north to Vietnam in the south, with the highest species richness in China. Some species are widespread and common, but others have relatively small ranges and are threatened. Depending on species, they inhabit coastal marine, brackish or fresh water habitats, and some are anadromous, only visiting fresh water to spawn. Appearance and life cycle They are slender, have translucent or transparent bodies and almost no scales (females are entirely scale-less, while males have a few). The head is strongly depressed and has numerous teeth. The adults are believed to be neotenic, retaining some larval features. For example, the skeleton is not fully ossified, consisting largely of cartilage. They are small fish, typically around long; only a few reach , and the largest species no more than . Icefish rapidly rea ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Neosalanx
''Neosalanx'' is a genus of icefishes native to Eastern Asia, ranging from Korea, through Japan and China, to Vietnam. They inhabit coastal marine waters, estuaries and river basins (including lakes). There are both species that are threatened and species that are widespread. They are up to in standard length. Despite their small size they are important food fish, and for this reason there have been attempts of introducing ''N. pseudotaihuensis'', ''N. taihuensis'' and ''N. tangkahkeii'' to parts of China where not naturally found. Most of these attempted introductions failed, but some were successful and in these places they are now often the most common fish. Feeding on planktonic crustaceans and tiny fish, they have outcompeted certain native fish like ''Anabarilius grahami'', which have become rare and threatened. Species Fishbase currently recognizes 10 species in this genus, though ''N. taihuensis'' was found to be invalid during the DNA sequencing: * ''Neosalanx anders ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Salangichthys
''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'' this species is the only remaining member of the genus ''Salangichthys''. This species grows to a total length of . Despite its small size, it is considered a food fish and caught in commercial fisheries.Senta, T., I. Kinoshita, and T. Kitamura (1986). Larval Ishikawa Icefish, Salangichthys ishikawae from Surf Zones of Central Honshu, Japan. Bull. Fac. Fish. Nagasaki Univ. 59: 29–35.Saruwatari, T., and M. Okiyama (1992). Life History of Shirauo Salangichthys microdon; Salangidae in a Brackish Lake, Lake Hinuma, Japan. Nippon Suisan Gakkaishi 58(2): 235-248. ''Salangichthys microdon'' may show both migratory (anadromous; adults in salt water but moving to fresh water to breed) and non-migratory (always in brackish Brackish water, sometimes termed brack water, is water occurri ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Hemisalanx
''Hemisalanx brachyrostralis'' is a species of icefish endemic to the Yangtze basin, China. It is the only known species in the genus ''Hemisalanx'', after ''Hemisalanx prognathus'' was moved to genus '' Salanx''. In a study of the five freshwater icefish species in the Yangtze, it was a relatively low-density species, being much less frequent than '' Neosalanx taihuensis'' and ''N. oligodontis'', but more than ''Protosalanx hyalocranius'' and '' N. tangkahkeii''. ''H. brachyrostralis'' reaches up to in total length Fish measurement is the measuring of individual fish and various parts of their anatomies. These data are used in many areas of ichthyology, including taxonomy and fisheries biology. Overall length * Standard length (SL) is the length of a fish .... References Salangidae Monotypic ray-finned fish genera Freshwater fish of China Endemic fauna of China Fish described in 1934 Taxa named by Charles Tate Regan {{Osmeriformes-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Salangichthys Microdon
''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'' this species is the only remaining member of the genus ''Salangichthys''. This species grows to a total length of . Despite its small size, it is considered a food fish and caught in commercial fisheries.Senta, T., I. Kinoshita, and T. Kitamura (1986). Larval Ishikawa Icefish, Salangichthys ishikawae from Surf Zones of Central Honshu, Japan. Bull. Fac. Fish. Nagasaki Univ. 59: 29–35.Saruwatari, T., and M. Okiyama (1992). Life History of Shirauo Salangichthys microdon; Salangidae in a Brackish Lake, Lake Hinuma, Japan. Nippon Suisan Gakkaishi 58(2): 235-248. ''Salangichthys microdon'' may show both migratory (anadromous; adults in salt water but moving to fresh water to breed) and non-migratory (always in brackish Brackish water, sometimes termed brack water, is water occurri ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Neosalangichthys
''Neosalangichthys ishikawae'', the Ishikawa icefish, is a species of Salangidae that is endemic to marine waters near the coast in northern Honshu, Japan.Senta, T., I. Kinoshita, and T. Kitamura (1986). Larval Ishikawa Icefish, Salangichthys ishikawae from Surf Zones of Central Honshu, Japan. Bull. Fac. Fish. Nagasaki Univ. 59: 29–35. Originally placed in the genus ''Salangichthys'', the species was assigned in 2012 to the monotypic genus ''Neosalangichthys''.Fu, C., Guo, J., Xia, R., Li, J. & Lei, G. (2012): A multilocus phylogeny of Asian noodlefishes Salangidae (Teleostei: Osmeriformes) with a revised classification of the family. ''Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 62 (3): 848-855. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2011.11.031'' Adults stay in relatively shallow open marine waters, but larve and immatures typically stay off beaches, often in the surf zone, in waters that range from marine to brackish. Unlike the more widespread '' S. microdon'' with which it often occurs, ''N. ishi ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Protosalanx
''Protosalanx'' is a small genus of icefishes that are native to China, Korea and Vietnam where they primarily inhabit coastal waters and nearby fresh waters. They are commercially fished and used for aquaculture in China, where also introduced to some inland waters like Lake Dianchi. In addition to being eaten locally in Asia, they are exported to southern Europe as a replacement of the more expensive transparent goby, a Mediterranean species used in the local cuisine. This replacement is often done openly, but sometimes it is done fraudulently. ''Protosalanx'' are up to in standard length, have a transparent body and largely lack scales. They are open-water fish. Small ''Protosalanx'' mostly feed on zooplankton, but larger individuals also take small fish, including cannibalism of young of their own species. They are naturally anadromous, with adults migrating from their coastal sea habitat into estuaries to spawn and the juveniles returning to the coastal sea. However, some ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Salanx
''Salanx'' is a genus of Salangidae, icefishes native to Eastern Asia, ranging from Korea and Japan, through China to Vietnam. They are small fish, up to in standard length. Species There are currently five recognized species in this genus: * ''Salanx ariakensis'' Kamakichi Kishinouye, Kishinouye, 1902 * ''Salanx chinensis'' (Pehr Osbeck, Osbeck, 1765) (Chinese noodlefish) * ''Salanx cuvieri'' Achille Valenciennes, Valenciennes, 1850 (Noodlefish) * ''Salanx prognathus'' (Charles Tate Regan, Regan, 1908) * ''Salanx reevesii'' (John Edward Gray, J. E. Gray, 1831) References Salangidae Fish of Asia Taxa named by Georges Cuvier {{Osmeriformes-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Osmeriformes
The Osmeriformes are an order of ray-finned fish that includes the true or freshwater smelts and allies, such as the galaxiids and noodlefishes; they are also collectively called osmeriforms. They belong to the teleost superorder Protacanthopterygii, which also includes pike and salmon, among others. The order's name means "smelt-shaped", from ''Osmerus'' (the type genus) + the standard fish order suffix "-formes". It ultimately derives from Ancient Greek ''osmé'' (ὀσμή, "pungent smell") + Latin ''forma'' ("external form"), the former in reference to the characteristic aroma of the flesh of ''Osmerus''.Glare, P.G.W. (ed.) (1968–1982): ''Oxford Latin Dictionary'' (1st ed.). Oxford University Press, Oxford. FishBase (2006)Order Osmeriformes Version of 2006-OCT-09. Retrieved 2009-SEP-28. In the classification used here, the order Osmeriformes contains two suborders, six families, some 20 genera, and about 93 species. Other authors choose a slightly different arrangement, ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Smelt (fish)
Smelts are a family of small fish, the Osmeridae, found in the North Atlantic and North Pacific Oceans, as well as rivers, streams and lakes in Europe, North America and Northeast Asia. They are also known as freshwater smelts or typical smelts to distinguish them from the related Argentinidae (herring smelts or argentines), Bathylagidae (deep-sea smelts), and Retropinnidae (Australian and New Zealand smelts). Some smelt species are common in the North American Great Lakes, and in the lakes and seas of the northern part of Europe, where they run in large Shoaling and schooling, schools along the saltwater coastline during spring migration to their spawning streams. In some western parts of the United States, smelt populations have greatly declined in recent decades, leading to their protection under the Endangered Species Act. The Delta smelt (''Hypomesus transpacificus'') found in the Sacramento Delta of California, and the eulachon (''Thaleichthys pacificus'') found in the Nort ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Transparent Goby
''Aphia minuta'', the transparent goby, is a species of the goby native to the northeastern Atlantic Ocean where it can be found from Trondheim, Norway to Morocco. It is also found in the Mediterranean, Black Sea and the Sea of Azov. It is a pelagic species, inhabiting inshore waters and estuaries. It can be found at depths of from the surface to , though it is usually found at , over sandy and muddy bottoms and also in eelgrass beds. This species can reach a length of TL. It is an important species to local commercial fisheries. It is currently the only known member of its genus. Gastronomy This fish is appreciated in Spain as part of the Andalusian, Catalan and Valencian cuisines, and in Italy as part of the Italian cuisine. In Andalusia where they are called ''chanquetes'', they are traditionally served deep-fried, with fried eggs and roasted or fried bell pepper. Due to their high price and to their now protected species status in Spain, they are often replaced by so ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Anabarilius Grahami
The Kanglang fish (''Anabarilius grahami'') is a species of cyprinid fish. It is a pelagic species Endemism, endemic to Fuxian Lake in Yunnan, southern China. However, the species may now be in the process of extinction because of the introduced noodlefish ''Neosalanx taihuensis'', with which it is competing for food. References External links * Anabarilius Endemic fauna of Yunnan Freshwater fish of China Fish described in 1908 Taxa named by Charles Tate Regan {{Cultrinae-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |