Salangidae

Salangidae
	Salangichthys microdon
Systematics
Subclass :	Real bony fish (Teleostei)
Overcohort :	Clupeocephala
Cohort :	Euteleosteomorpha
Sub-cohort :	Stomiati
Order :	Smelt-like (Osmeriformes)
Family :	Salangidae
Scientific name
	Salangidae
	Bleeker , 1859

The Salangidae are a family of small fish from the order of the smelt-like (Osmeriformes). They live in Southeast Asia, mainly in fresh waters; some coastal species migrate up the rivers to spawn.

features

Salangids become 6 to 17 cm long. They are elongated and flaky. Their head is strongly flattened, the body transparent or translucent . You may be neoten ; the skeleton is only slightly ossified. In adult males there is a row of scales above the base of the anal fin. The pelvic fins are supported by 6 to 8 fin rays. The number of Branchiostegal rays is 3 to 4, those of the vertebrae 48 to 79. Their maxillary is covered with numerous teeth.

Internal system

Genus Hemisalanx
- Hemisalanx brachyrostralis
Subfamily Protosalanginae
- Genus Neosalanx
  - Neosalanx anderssoni
  - Neosalanx argentea
  - Neosalanx brevirostris
  - Neosalanx hubbsi
  - Neosalanx jordani
  - Neosalanx oligodontis
  - Neosalanx pseudotaihuensis
  - Neosalanx reganius
  - Neosalanx taihuensis
  - Neosalanx tangkahkeii
- Genus Protosalanx
  
  Protosalanx hyalocranius
  - Protosalanx chinensis
  - Protosalanx hyalocranius
Subfamily Salanginae
- Genus Leucosoma
  - Leucosoma reevesii
- Genus Salangichthys
  - Salangichthys ishikawae
  - Salangichthys microdon
- Genus Salanx
  - Salanx ariakensis
  - Salanx chinensis
  - Salanx cuvieri
  - Salanx prognathus

literature

Cuizhang Fu, Guo Li, Rong Xia, Jun Li, Guangchun Lei: A multilocus phylogeny of Asian noodlefishes Salangidae (Teleostei: Osmeriformes) with a revised classification of the family. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, doi : 10.1016 / j.ympev.2011.11.031

Web links

Commons : Salangidae - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Salangidae on Fishbase.org (English)