Salangichthys microdon, the Japanese icefish, is a species of icefish found in Japan, Korea and the Russian Far East. With the recent removal of S. ishikawae to the genus Neosalangichthys[1] this species is the only remaining member of the genus Salangichthys. This species grows to a total length of 10 cm (3.9 in).[2] Despite its small size, it is considered a food fish and caught in commercial fisheries.[3][4]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Osmeriformes |
| Family: | Salangidae |
| Genus: | Salangichthys Bleeker, 1860 |
| Species: | S. microdon
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| Salangichthys microdon (Bleeker, 1860)
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Salangichthys microdon may show both migratory (anadromous; adults in salt water but moving to fresh water to breed) and non-migratory (always in brackish or fresh water) life histories, with both types periodically occurring together.[5][6]
As food
editIn Japan, the fish is known as shirauo ("white fish"). It is often eaten raw as sashimi and sushi.
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References
edit- ^ Fu, C.; Guo, L.; Xia, R.; Li, J.; Lei, G. (2012). "A multilocus phylogeny of Asian noodlefishes Salangidae (Teleostei: Osmeriformes) with a revised classification of the family". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 62 (3): 848–855. Bibcode:2012MolPE..62..848F. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2011.11.031. PMID 22178366.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Salangichthys microdon". FishBase. February 2019 version.
- ^ Senta, T., I. Kinoshita, and T. Kitamura (1986). Larval Ishikawa Icefish, Salangichthys ishikawae from Surf Zones of Central Honshu, Japan. Bull. Fac. Fish. Nagasaki Univ. 59: 29–35.
- ^ Saruwatari, T., and M. Okiyama (1992). Life History of Shirauo Salangichthys microdon; Salangidae in a Brackish Lake, Lake Hinuma, Japan. Nippon Suisan Gakkaishi 58(2): 235-248. doi:10.2331/suisan.58.235
- ^ Arai, T.; Hayano, H.; Asami, H.; Miyazaki, N. (2003). "Coexistence of anadromous and lacustrine life histories of the shirauo, Salangichthys microdon". Fisheries Oceanography. 12 (2): 134–139. Bibcode:2003FisOc..12..134A. doi:10.1046/j.1365-2419.2003.00226.x.
- ^ Yamaguchi, M.; Katayama, S.; Omori, M. (2004). "Migration pattern of shirauo Salangichthys microdon Bleeker, in the Ishikari River system and adjacent nearshore sea area, Japan, as estimated by otolith microchemistry analysis". Fisheries Science. 70 (4): 546–552. Bibcode:2004FisSc..70..546Y. doi:10.1111/j.1444-2906.2004.00839.x.
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