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Ayu sweetfish

Neosalanx brevirostris (Pellegrin, 1923)

Status not recordedbony fish

The ayu sweetfish (Neosalanx brevirostris) is a species in the family Salangidae, order Osmeriformes.

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Quick facts about the ayu sweetfish

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the ayu sweetfish live?

Not recorded

Is the ayu sweetfish endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the ayu sweetfish classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classTeleostei
  4. orderOsmeriformes
  5. familySalangidae
  6. genusNeosalanx
  7. SpeciesNeosalanx brevirostris (Pellegrin, 1923)

Synonyms Protosalanx brevirostris

Other names and names in other languages (5)
  • 실뱅어Korean
  • 短吻新銀魚Chinese
  • 은 어Korean
  • Ǔn-ǒKorean
  • 短吻新银鱼Chinese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the ayu sweetfish

Other species in the same genus Neosalanx.

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Common questions

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What kind of animal is the ayu sweetfish?

The ayu sweetfish (Neosalanx brevirostris) belongs to the family Salangidae in the order Osmeriformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Ayu sweetfish (Neosalanx brevirostris). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/ayu-sweetfish

MLA

“Ayu sweetfish (Neosalanx brevirostris).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/ayu-sweetfish.

BibTeX
@misc{ayu_sweetfish_2026,
  title = {Ayu sweetfish (Neosalanx brevirostris)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/ayu-sweetfish},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}