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Osmeridae
Shishamo marine smelt
Hypomesus japonicus
Osmerid Fish beneath the Pacific Ocean
- Temperate
- Northern Hemisphere
- Regional distribution
- Pacific Ocean
- East Asia
- Elongated
- Medium
- Temperate fish
Temperate
Regional distribution
Pacific Ocean
Elongated
MediumShishamo marine smelt is a freshwater fish of Northwest Pacific. The species occupies freshwater habitats. Records give a maximum length of 25 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Smelts and Allies
- Family
- Osmeridae
- Genus
- Hypomesus
- Maximum length
- 25 cm
- Body shape
- elongated
- Distribution
- Northwest Pacific: Korean Peninsula and northern Japan to the Kuril Islands and Peter the Great Bay (Russia).
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
