''Salanx'' is a
genus
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of
icefishes native to Eastern Asia, ranging from Korea and Japan, through China to Vietnam. They are small fish, up to in
standard length
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Overall length
Standard length (SL) is ...
.
Species
There are currently five recognized
species
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in this genus:
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* '' Salanx ariakensis'' ]Kishinouye
was a Japanese fisheries biologist and cnidariologist and a professor of the Imperial University of Tokyo (Faculty of Agriculture) between 1908 and 1928. Kishinouye died in Chengdu of a sudden illness while on a collecting expedition to China ...
, 1902
* '' Salanx chinensis'' (Osbeck
Pehr Osbeck (1723 – 23 December 1805) was a Sweden, Swedish explorer, natural history, naturalist and an Apostles of Linnaeus, apostle of Carl Linnaeus. He was born in the parish of Ale Municipality, Hålanda on Västergötland and studied at ...
, 1765) (Chinese noodlefish)
* '' Salanx cuvieri'' Valenciennes
Valenciennes (, also , , ; ; or ; ) is a communes of France, commune in the Nord (French department), Nord Departments of France, department, Hauts-de-France, France.
It lies on the Scheldt () river. Although the city and region experienced ...
, 1850 (Noodlefish)
* '' Salanx prognathus'' ( Regan, 1908)
* '' Salanx reevesii'' ( J. E. Gray, 1831)
References
Salangidae
Fish of Asia
Taxa named by Georges Cuvier
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