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Hypomesus nipponensis (Wakasagi smelt; Japanese smelt; Wakasagi)

Synonyms: Hypomesus chishimaensis; Hypomesus nippnensis; Hypomesus transpacificus nipponensis
Language: Danish; Japanese; Mandarin Chinese; Russian

Wikipedia Abstract

The wakasagi, Hypomesus nipponensis, is an important food fish native to the lakes and estuaries of Hokkaido, Japan. It has been introduced in other locations, including the San Francisco Delta of the United States. It is raised in fisheries, and is very similar in appearance to the delta smelt (H. transpacificus).
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Attributes

Adult Length [1]  7 inches (17 cm)
Maximum Longevity [1]  4 years
Migration [2]  Anadromous
Female Maturity [1]  2 years

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Honshu - Shikoku - Kyushu Japan Palearctic Temperate Coastal Rivers    
Oregon & Northern California Coastal United States Nearctic Temperate Coastal Rivers    
Sacramento - San Joaquin United States Nearctic Temperate Coastal Rivers    

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Akan-ko 3257 Hokkaido, Japan      

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Diphyllobothrium hottai[3]
Proteocephalus tetrastomus[3]
Salvelinema salmonicola[3]

External References

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Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Frimpong, E.A., and P. L. Angermeier. 2009. FishTraits: a database of ecological and life-history traits of freshwater fishes of the United States. Fisheries 34:487-495.
♦ 2Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2006. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed February 01, 2010 at animaldiversity.org
♦ 3Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0