Fish Identification: Find Species

Class: Teleostei
Order: Osmeriformes
Family: Salangidae Icefishes or noodlefishes

Genus: Protosalanx

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Asia
Max. Length 21 cm SL
Protosalanx chinensis (Basilewsky, 1855)

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Protosalanx chinensis
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Northwest Pacific
Max. Length 22.5 cm SL
Protosalanx hyalocranius (Abbott, 1901)

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Protosalanx hyalocranius
[Clearhead icefish]


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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Protosalanx chinensis Asia 21 SL 1855
Protosalanx hyalocranius Clearhead icefish Northwest Pacific 22.5 SL 1901



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