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