Salangidae

Salangichthys microdon

The Salangidae are a family of small fish from the order of smelt -like ( Osmeriformes ). They live in Southeast Asia, especially in fresh water; some living on the sea shores species migrate to spawn up the rivers.

Features

Salangiden be 6 to 17 cm long. They are elongated and scaleless. Her head is strongly flattened, the body transparent or translucent. You may neoten; the skeleton is only slightly ossified. In adult males, a shed row is above the anal-fin base. The pelvic fins are supported 6-8 fin rays. The number of Branchiostegalstrahlen is 3 to 4, which is covered with numerous teeth of the vortex at 48 to 79 your maxilla.

Inside systematics

  • Genus Hemisalanx Hemisalanx brachyrostralis
  • Genus Neosalanx Neosalanx different soni
  • Neosalanx argentea
  • Neosalanx brevirostris
  • Neosalanx hubbsi
  • Neosalanx Jordanian
  • Neosalanx oligodontis
  • Neosalanx pseudotaihuensis
  • Neosalanx reganius
  • Neosalanx taihuensis
  • Neosalanx tangkahkeii
  • Protosalanx chinensis
  • Protosalanx hyalocranius
  • Genus Leucosoma Leucosoma reevesii
  • Salangichthys ishikawae
  • Salangichthys microdon
  • Salanx ariakensis
  • Salanx chinensis
  • Salanx cuvieri
  • Salanx prognathus
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