Salangichthys microdon

Salangichthys microdon
Conservation status
Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
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 Siberia. With the recent removal of S. ishikawae to the genus Neosalangichthys[1] this species is the only remaining member of the genus Salangichthys. This species grows to a length of 10.0 centimetres (3.9 in) TL.

S. microdon may show both migratory (anadromous) and non-migratory life histories, with both life-history types occurring in sympatry.[2][3]

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. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2011.11.031. PMID 22178366.
  2. 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. doi:10.1046/j.1365-2419.2003.00226.x.
  3. 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. doi:10.1111/j.1444-2906.2004.00839.x.