Hypomesus nipponensis McAllister 1963
- Dataset
- Checklist of marine and estuarine fishes from the Alaska-Yukon Border, Beaufort Sea, to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Chordata
- class
- Actinopterygii
- order
- Osmeriformes
- family
- Osmeridae
- genus
- Hypomesus
- species
- Hypomesus nipponensis
description
Wakasagi. To 19.5 cm (7.8 in) SL (Saruwatari et al. 1997). Widespread in Japan, Sakhalin Island and environs (Dyldin and Orlov 2016 b); introduced to California lakes in 1959 (Saruwatari et al. 1997), now in Sacramento – San Joaquin Estuary (Aasen et al. 1998). Primarily a brackish-water species; found also in fresh water, commonly from transplants (Saruwatari et al. 1997); depth: shallow waters to 50 m (164 ft) (Kim and Kim 2019).