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Dorosomatidae
Japanese gizzard shad
Nematalosa japonica
Dorosomatid Fish beneath Western Pacific
- Tropical
- Regional distribution
- Marine fish
- Pacific Ocean
- East Asia
- Southeast Asia
- Fusiform
- Compressed cross-section
- Medium
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Fusiform
MediumJapanese gizzard shad is a marine fish found around Western Pacific. It inhabits marine waters. The largest recorded length is 19 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Herrings
- Family
- Dorosomatidae
- Genus
- Nematalosa
- Maximum length
- 19 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- fusiform
- Distribution
- Western Pacific: Matsushima Bay, Sea of Japan southward to Taiwan Island, Hong Kong, the Philippines, and a single record from Gulf of Thailand.
- Conservation status
- DDData Deficient
Class
Family
Conservation status
