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Clearhead icefish (Protosalanx chinensis)
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Ecological Illustration of Clearhead icefish (Protosalanx chinensis)
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Salangidae

Clearhead icefish

Protosalanx chinensis

Salangid Fish of Coastal Waters

  • Silver
  • Temperate
  • Regional distribution
  • Freshwater fish
  • East Asia
  • Southeast Asia
  • Elongated
  • Medium
  • Temperate fish

Clearhead icefish is a brackish-water fish from Asia. It inhabits estuaries and brackish water. Records give a maximum length of 21 cm.

Class
Teleosts
Order
Smelts and Allies
Family
Salangidae
Genus
Protosalanx
Water type
Freshwater
Body shape
elongated
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