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Salangidae
Ayu sweetfish
Neosalanx brevirostris
Salangid Fish between Fresh and Salt Water
- Silver
- Temperate
- Northern Hemisphere
- Regional distribution
- Pacific Ocean
- East Asia
- Southeast Asia
- Elongated
- Small
- Temperate fish
Silver
Temperate
Regional distribution
Elongated
SmallAyu sweetfish is a migratory fish from Northwest Pacific. It inhabits estuaries and brackish water. Records give a maximum length of 7 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Smelts and Allies
- Family
- Salangidae
- Genus
- Neosalanx
- Maximum length
- 7 cm
- Body shape
- elongated
- Distribution
- Northwest Pacific: Yellow Sea coast of Korea south to Tonkin, Viet Nam.
- Conservation status
- DDData Deficient
Class
Family
Conservation status
