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Salangidae (Icefishes or noodlefishes)
Etymology: Neosalanx: Greek, neos = new + latinization of salamga, Philippines, a kind of swallow (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Tang Kah Kei (1874–1961) was described in the icefish etymology as the founder of Amoy University. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Freshwater; brackish; demersal. Subtropical
Asia: China.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 8.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 127579)
Short description
Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Dorsal soft rays (total): 12 - 14; Anal soft rays: 25 - 27. Smooth body without scale, only male has a line of big but thin scale (around 23-24) near the origin of the caudal fin. Dorsal fin is the later part of the back, very small adipose fin. Anal fin is relatively large. White opaque body, becomes milky white when it is dead, its head transparent (Ref. 33336).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Liang, S., 1991. Salmoniformes. p. 46-52. In J.-H. Pan, L. Zhong, C.-Y. Zheng, H.-L. Wu and J.-H. Liu (eds). 1991. The freshwater fishes of Guangdong Province. Guangdong Science and Technology Press, Guangzhou. 589 pp. (Ref. 33336)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: commercial
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5010 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00209 (0.00128 - 0.00340), b=3.17 (3.03 - 3.31), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & Genus-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Resilience (Ref.
120179): High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Nutrients (Ref.
124155): Calcium = 365 [131, 1,066] mg/100g; Iron = 2.18 [1.00, 6.06] mg/100g; Protein = 15.8 [13.4, 17.9] %; Omega3 = 0.676 [0.249, 2.094] g/100g; Selenium = 51.7 [17.8, 151.0] μg/100g; VitaminA = 13.8 [3.7, 52.9] μg/100g; Zinc = 1.74 [1.01, 2.86] mg/100g (wet weight);
