''Hemisalanx brachyrostralis'' is a
species
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of
icefish endemic
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to the
Yangtze
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basin,
China.
It is the
only known species in the
genus
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''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
''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 ...
hyalocranius'' and ''
N. tangkahkeii''.
''H. brachyrostralis'' reaches up to in
total length
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Overall length
* Standard length (SL) is the length of a fish ...
.
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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
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