WoRMS taxon details
Hypomesus japonicus (Brevoort, 1856)
279420 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:279420)
accepted
Species
Hypomesus pretiosus japonicus (Brevoort, 1856) · unaccepted
Hypomesus verecundus (Jordan & Metz, 1913) · unaccepted
Hypomesus verencundus (Jordan & Metz, 1913) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Mesopus japonicus (Brevoort, 1856) · unaccepted
Osmerus japonicus Brevoort, 1856 · unaccepted
Osmerus oligodon Kner, 1865 · unaccepted
Spirinchus verecundus Jordan & Metz, 1913 · unaccepted
Spirinchus verencundus Jordan & Metz, 1913 · unaccepted (misspelling)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Osmerus japonicus Brevoort, 1856) Brevoort, J. C. (1856). Notes on some figures of Japanese fish taken from recent specimens by the artists of the U. S. Japan Expedition. <em>In: M. C. Perry, Narrative of the Expedition of an American Squadron to the China Seas and Japan, performed in the years 1852, 1853, and 1854 under the command of Commodore M. C. Perry, United States Navy, by order of the Government of the United States. Vol. 2. U.S. Senate Ex. Doc. No. 79, 33rd Congress, 2nd Session. Beverley Tucker, Washington, D.C. [i-viii] + 1-414 + 1-14 + I-XI + [1], 17 folded charts, Pls.</em> Pp. 253-288, Pls. 3-12 (color).
page(s): no page number, Pl. 10 (fig. 2) [details]
page(s): no page number, Pl. 10 (fig. 2) [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Hypomesus japonicus (Brevoort, 1856). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=279420 on 2025-04-25
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Osmerus japonicus Brevoort, 1856) Brevoort, J. C. (1856). Notes on some figures of Japanese fish taken from recent specimens by the artists of the U. S. Japan Expedition. <em>In: M. C. Perry, Narrative of the Expedition of an American Squadron to the China Seas and Japan, performed in the years 1852, 1853, and 1854 under the command of Commodore M. C. Perry, United States Navy, by order of the Government of the United States. Vol. 2. U.S. Senate Ex. Doc. No. 79, 33rd Congress, 2nd Session. Beverley Tucker, Washington, D.C. [i-viii] + 1-414 + 1-14 + I-XI + [1], 17 folded charts, Pls.</em> Pp. 253-288, Pls. 3-12 (color).
page(s): no page number, Pl. 10 (fig. 2) [details]
page(s): no page number, Pl. 10 (fig. 2) [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
additional source
Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]





Language | Name | |
---|---|---|
English | Shishamo marine smelt | [details] |
Japanese | チカ | [details] |
Russian | Морская малоротая корюшка | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (15 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Hypomesus verecundus (Jordan & Metz, 1913))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Hypomesus pretiosus japonicus (Brevoort, 1856))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Osmerus japonicus Brevoort, 1856)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Mesopus japonicus (Brevoort, 1856))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Spirinchus verecundus Jordan & Metz, 1913)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Osmerus oligodon Kner, 1865)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Hypomesus pretiosus japonicus (Brevoort, 1856))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Hypomesus japonicus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Osmerus japonicus Brevoort, 1856)
To FishBase (from synonym Hypomesus verecundus (Jordan & Metz, 1913))
To FishBase (from synonym Mesopus japonicus (Brevoort, 1856))
To FishBase (from synonym Spirinchus verecundus Jordan & Metz, 1913)
To FishBase (from synonym Spirinchus verencundus Jordan & Metz, 1913)
To FishBase (from synonym Hypomesus verencundus (Jordan & Metz, 1913))
To FishBase (from synonym Hypomesus pretiosus japonicus (Brevoort, 1856))
To FishBase (from synonym Osmerus oligodon Kner, 1865)
To FishBase images (Hypomesus japonicus, by Vasilets, P.)
To GenBank (61 nucleotides; 62 proteins)
To GenBank (61 nucleotides; 62 proteins) (from synonym Osmerus japonicus Brevoort, 1856)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Hypomesus verecundus (Jordan & Metz, 1913))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Hypomesus pretiosus japonicus (Brevoort, 1856))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Osmerus japonicus Brevoort, 1856)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Mesopus japonicus (Brevoort, 1856))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Spirinchus verecundus Jordan & Metz, 1913)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Osmerus oligodon Kner, 1865)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Hypomesus pretiosus japonicus (Brevoort, 1856))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Hypomesus japonicus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Osmerus japonicus Brevoort, 1856)
To FishBase (from synonym Hypomesus verecundus (Jordan & Metz, 1913))
To FishBase (from synonym Mesopus japonicus (Brevoort, 1856))
To FishBase (from synonym Spirinchus verecundus Jordan & Metz, 1913)
To FishBase (from synonym Spirinchus verencundus Jordan & Metz, 1913)
To FishBase (from synonym Hypomesus verencundus (Jordan & Metz, 1913))
To FishBase (from synonym Hypomesus pretiosus japonicus (Brevoort, 1856))
To FishBase (from synonym Osmerus oligodon Kner, 1865)
To FishBase images (Hypomesus japonicus, by Vasilets, P.)
To GenBank (61 nucleotides; 62 proteins)
To GenBank (61 nucleotides; 62 proteins) (from synonym Osmerus japonicus Brevoort, 1856)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS