Japanese halfbeak

Hyporhamphus sajori

Forty Centimeters Hemiramphid Fish of Taiwanese Waters

Temperate
Lower river
Northern Hemisphere
Regional distribution
Pacific Ocean
East Asia
Elongated
Medium
Temperate fish

Hyporhamphus sajori, commonly known as the Japanese halfbeak, Japanese needlefish, or sayori (サヨリ, sayori), is a slender, surface-dwelling fish in the halfbeak family, native to coastal waters influenced by warm currents.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Needlefishes, Halfbeaks, and Allies
Family: Hemiramphidae
Genus: Hyporhamphus
Maximum length: 40 cm
Body shape: elongated
Distribution: Northwest Pacific: Yellow Sea, Pohai Sea, Japan Sea, and the Pacific coast of Japan, extending north to Sakhalin and to Preobrazheniye Bight and Vladivostok in the Gulf of Peter the Great. Recorded from the lower part of the Yangtze River in China. Occurrence of this species south to the Ryukyu Islands and Taiwan needs verification.
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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