Home
Hagfishes
Chimaeras
Lampreys
Sharks and Rays
Ray-finned fishes
Anglerfishes
Beardfishes
Bichirs
Bonefishes
Bony tongues
Bowfins
Carps
Catfish
Characins
Clingfishes
Cods
Cusk eels
Dories
Eels and Morays
Flatfishes
Gars
Grinners
Halosaurs and deep-sea Spiny eels
Herrings
Jellynose fishes
Knifefishes
Lanternfishes
Lightfishes and Dragonfishes
Live bearers, Killifishes and Rivulines
Milkfish
Mullets
Needle fishes
Perch-like fish
Pikes and Mudminnows
Pipefishes and Seahorses
Pricklefishes, Bigscales and Gibberfishes
Puffers and Filefishes
Pygmy sunfishes
Salmons
Sawbellies
Scorpionfishes and Flatheads
Silversides
Smelts
Argentines or herring smelts
Ayu fish
Barreleyes or spookfishes
Bathylaconids
Deep-sea smelts
Galaxiids
Icefishes or noodlefishes
Leptochilichthyids
New Zealand smelts
Pencil smelts
Slickheads
Smelts
Tubeshoulders
Spiny eels
Sticklebacks and Seamoths
Sturgeons and Paddlefishes
Swallowers and Gulpers
Tarpons and Tenpounders
Toadfishes
Trout-perches, Pirate perches and Cavefish
Velifers, Tube-eyes and Ribbonfishes
Whalefishes
Lobe-finned fishes
Setting up your tank
DIY Fish Tank Stand
250L community aquarium
Contact Us
Find fish information
Find fish by area
Clearhead icefish (Protosalanx hyalocranius) fish species and information / pictures of Clearhead icefish - Protosalanx hyalocranius
Clearhead icefish (Protosalanx hyalocranius) fish species information
Scientific Name
Protosalanx hyalocranius
Common Name
Clearhead icefish
Biology
Unknown
Classification
Classified By
Abbott, 1901
Class
Ray-finned fishes (Actinopterygii)
Order
Smelts (Osmeriformes)
Family
Icefishes or noodlefishes (Salangidae)
Distribution
Region
Northwest Pacific
Distribution
Northwest Pacific: Korea, and temperate coast of China. Also known from Viet Nam (Ref. 9706).
Range
35°N - 31°N
Environment
Climate
Temperate
Water Temperature From
Unknown
°C
Water Temperature To
Unknown
°C
Depth From - meters
Unknown
m
Depth To - meters
Unknown
m
Zone
demersal
Environment
Marine; freshwater; brackish; demersal; anadromous (Ref. 51243)
Trophic Level
2.98 s.e. 0.27 Based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Occurs in Marine / Salt water
True
Occurs in Brackish water
True
Occurs in Fresh Water
True
Occurs on Reefs
False
Is kept in Aquariums
False
Physical Size and Genetics
Maximum Length
13.0
cm
Common Length
9.0
cm
Phylogenetic Diversity Index
PD50 = 0.7500 many relatives (e.g. carps) 0.5 - 2.0 few relatives (e.g. lungfishes)
Human Uses and Population
Human Uses
Fisheries: commercial
Vulnerability
Moderate to high vulnerability (46 of 100)
Resilience
Low, minimum population doubling time 4.5 - 14 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)
Threat To Humans
Harmless
IUCN Red List Status
Not Evaluated