''Salanx'' is a

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of icefishes native to Eastern Asia, ranging from Korea and Japan, through China to Vietnam. They are small fish, up to in

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Species

There are currently five recognized

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in this genus: * ''

Salanx ariakensis ''Salanx'' is a genus of 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 ...

Kishinouye was a Japanese fisheries biologist and cnidariologist and a professor of the Imperial University of Tokyo (Faculty of Agriculture) between 1908 and 1928. Kishinouye died in Chengtu of a sudden illness while on a collecting expedition to China. ...

, 1902 * ''

Salanx chinensis ''Salanx'' is a genus of 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 a ...

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Osbeck Pehr Osbeck (1723 – 23 December 1805) was a Swedish explorer, naturalist and an apostle of Carl Linnaeus. He was born in the parish of Hålanda on Västergötland and studied at Uppsala with Carolus Linnaeus. Naturalist in Canton In 1750� ...

, 1765) (Chinese noodlefish) * ''

Salanx cuvieri ''Salanx'' is a genus of 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 a ...

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, 1850 (Noodlefish) * ''

Salanx prognathus ''Salanx'' is a genus of 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 a ...

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Regan The family name Regan, along with its cognates O'Regan, O Regan, Reagan, and O'Reagan, is an Anglicized form of the Irish surname Ó Riagáin or Ó Ríogáin, from Ua Riagáin. The meaning is likely to have originated in ancient Gaelic ''ri'' ...

, 1908) * ''

Salanx reevesii ''Salanx'' is a genus of 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 a ...

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J. E. Gray John Edward Gray, Fellow of the Royal Society, FRS (12 February 1800 – 7 March 1875) was a British zoology, zoologist. He was the elder brother of zoologist George Robert Gray and son of the pharmacologist and botanist Samuel Frederick Gray ...

, 1831)

References

Salangidae Fish of Asia Taxa named by Georges Cuvier {{Osmeriformes-stub