Hemisalanx

Hemisalanx brachyrostralis is a species of icefish endemic to the Yangtze basin, China. It is the only known species in the genus Hemisalanx, after Hemisalanx prognathus was moved to genus Salanx. In a study of the five freshwater icefish species in the Yangtze, it was a relatively low-density species, being much less frequent than Neosalanx taihuensis and N. oligodontis, but more than Protosalanx hyalocranius and N. tangkahkeii. H. brachyrostralis reaches up to 13.6 cm (5.4 in) in total length.

Hemisalanx
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Osmeriformes
Family: Salangidae
Genus: Hemisalanx
Regan, 1908
Species:
H. brachyrostralis
Binomial name
Hemisalanx brachyrostralis
(P. W. Fang, 1934)
Synonyms

Salanx brachyrostralis Fang, 1934

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