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Protosalanx hyalocranius (Abbott, 1901)

Clearhead icefish
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Common names: 大銀魚, 大银鱼
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
Abundance: common (usually seen) | Ref: Nichols, J.T., 1943
Importance: commercial | Ref: Ma, X., X. Bangxi, W. Yindong and W. Mingxue, 2003
Aquaculture: | Ref:
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Introduced from its native range to other regions in the country (stocked in great inland waters)(Ref. 55380). Known as "yin-yu" at Tungting lake, priced as a delicacy by the Chinese and served at feasts (Ref. 35840).
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/ch.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Hwang, H.C., P.C. Yueh and S.F. Yu, 1982
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Лапша-рыба пресноводная, Cá Ngãn lớn, 大银鱼, ... more

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Osmeriformes (Freshwater smelts) > Salangidae (Icefishes or noodlefishes)
Etymology: Protosalanx: Greek, proto = first + latinization of salamga, Philippines, a kind of swallow (Ref. 45335).

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; freshwater; brackish; demersal; anadromous (Ref. 51243).   Temperate; 35°N - 31°N (Ref. 26213)

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Northwest Pacific: Korea, and temperate coast of China. Also known from Viet Nam (Ref. 9706).

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 22.5 cm SL (female); common length : 9.0 cm male/unsexed; (Ref. 35840)

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

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Robins, C.R., R.M. Bailey, C.E. Bond, J.R. Brooker, E.A. Lachner, R.N. Lea and W.B. Scott, 1991. World fishes important to North Americans. Exclusive of species from the continental waters of the United States and Canada. Am. Fish. Soc. Spec. Publ. (21):243 p. (Ref. 4537)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless




Human uses

Fisheries: commercial
FAO(Aquaculture systems: production; ; publication : search) | FishSource |

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Estimates based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.7500   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00209 (0.00160 - 0.00272), b=3.16 (3.09 - 3.23), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this species (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  3.0   ±0.3 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilience (Ref. 120179):  High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low vulnerability (14 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766):   Unknown.