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Wakasagi

Hypomesus nipponensis McAllister, 1963

Status not recordedbony fish

The wakasagi (Hypomesus nipponensis) is a species in the family Osmeridae, order Osmeriformes.

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Quick facts about the wakasagi

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 wakasagi live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the wakasagi as introduced in 1 country.

  1. United States

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the wakasagi 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 wakasagi classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classTeleostei
  4. orderOsmeriformes
  5. familyOsmeridae
  6. genusHypomesus
  7. SpeciesHypomesus nipponensis McAllister, 1963

Synonyms Hypomesus chishimaensis, Hypomesus nippnensis, Hypomesus transpacificus nipponensis

Other names and names in other languages (11)
  • Japanese pond smeltEnglish
  • Japanese smeltEnglish
  • Wakasagi smeltEnglish
  • koruška východoasijskáCzech
  • Japansk søsmeltDanish
  • Eperlano de charca japonésSpanish
  • ワカサギJapanese
  • 빙어Korean
  • Японская малоротая корюшкаRussian
  • チシマワカサギJapanese
  • Проходная малоротая корюшкаRussian

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the wakasagi

Other species in the same genus Hypomesus.

Pond smelt

Hypomesus olidus

OsmeridaeNo free photo yet

Delta smelt

Hypomesus transpacificus

OsmeridaeNo free photo yet

Surf smelt

Hypomesus pretiosus

OsmeridaeNo free photo yet

CompareWakasagi vs Japanese smeltWakasagi vs Pond smeltWakasagi vs Delta smeltWakasagi vs Surf smelt

Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the wakasagi an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the wakasagi as introduced in 1 country: United States, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the wakasagi?

The wakasagi (Hypomesus nipponensis) belongs to the family Osmeridae 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). Wakasagi (Hypomesus nipponensis). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/wakasagi

MLA

“Wakasagi (Hypomesus nipponensis).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/wakasagi.

BibTeX
@misc{wakasagi_2026,
  title = {Wakasagi (Hypomesus nipponensis)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/wakasagi},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}