Japanese halfbeak (Hyporhamphus sajori)

Scientific name: Hyporhamphus sajori Temminck & Schlegel, 1846

Japanese halfbeak (Hyporhamphus sajori)

The Japanese halfbeak (Hyporhamphus sajori) is a freshwater fish of the family Hemiramphidae.

Biology

Common in inshore waters. Occurs in the lower part of the Yangtze River in China. Forms small schools and feed mainly on zooplankton. Meat delicious. Also caught with dip nets. Used in Chinese medicine.

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Hyporhamphus sajori
Family
Hemiramphidae (Halfbeaks)
Order
Beloniformes (Needle fishes)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
40.0
Depth range
30 m (98 ft)
Environment
Marine; freshwater; brackish; pelagic-neritic; amphidromous; depth range 30 - ? m
Climate
Temperate
Distribution
Northwest Pacific: Yellow Sea, Pohai Sea, Japan Sea, and the Pacific coast of Japan, extending north to Sakhalin and to Preobrazheniye Bight and Vladivostok in the Gulf of Peter the Great. Recorded from the lower part of the Yangtze River in China. Occurrence of this species south to the Ryukyu Islands and Taiwan needs verification.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Uses
Fisheries: commercial
Resilience
Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Assuming tm=2)

Sources

Taxonomy, distribution and biology data: FishBase (Froese, R. and D. Pauly, eds.), licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

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