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Salangichthys
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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 this species is the only remaining member of the genus Salangichthys. This species grows to a total length of 10 cm (3.9 in). Despite its small size, it is considered a food fish and caught in commercial fisheries.

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.

As food

In Japan, the fish is known as shirauo ("white fish"). It is often eaten raw as sashimi and sushi.

References

  1. Fu, C.; Guo, L.; 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. Bibcode:2012MolPE..62..848F. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2011.11.031. PMID 22178366.
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Salangichthys microdon". FishBase. February 2019 version.
  3. 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.
  4. 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. doi:10.2331/suisan.58.235
  5. Arai, T.; Hayano, H.; Asami, H.; Miyazaki, N. (2003). "Coexistence of anadromous and lacustrine life histories of the shirauo, Salangichthys microdon". Fisheries Oceanography. 12 (2): 134–139. Bibcode:2003FisOc..12..134A. doi:10.1046/j.1365-2419.2003.00226.x.
  6. Yamaguchi, M.; Katayama, S.; Omori, M. (2004). "Migration pattern of shirauo Salangichthys microdon Bleeker, in the Ishikari River system and adjacent nearshore sea area, Japan, as estimated by otolith microchemistry analysis". Fisheries Science. 70 (4): 546–552. Bibcode:2004FisSc..70..546Y. doi:10.1111/j.1444-2906.2004.00839.x.
Taxon identifiers
Salangichthys microdon
Salangichthys


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