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Plecoglossidae
Ayu sweetfish
Plecoglossus altivelis
Maintain filamentous algae on dead coral
- Tropical
- Northern Hemisphere
- Regional distribution
- Pacific Ocean
- East Asia
- Elongated
- Large
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Regional distribution
Pacific Ocean
Elongated
LargeAyu sweetfish is a fish found around Northwest Pacific. The largest recorded length is 70 cm. Its body is an elongated body.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Smelts and Allies
- Family
- Plecoglossidae
- Genus
- Plecoglossus
- Maximum length
- 70 cm
- Body shape
- elongated
- Distribution
- Northwest Pacific: western Hokkaido in Japan southward to the Korean Peninsula, Taiwan and China.
- Conservation status
- DDData Deficient
Class
Family
Conservation status