Hypomesus nipponensis

Hypomesus nipponensis

Japanese smelt

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Hypomesus nipponensis
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7
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Hypomesus nipponensis (Japanese smelt, in Japanese: wakasagi) is a commercial food fish native to the lakes and estuaries of northern Honshu and Hokkaido, Japan, Korea, and Sakhalin, Khabarovsk Krai, and Primorsky Krai, Russia. 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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References

1. Hypomesus nipponensis Wikipedia article - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypomesus_nipponensis
2. Hypomesus nipponensis on The IUCN Red List site - https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/159715391/159715398

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