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Hypomesus nipponensis  McAllister, 1963
Taxonomic Serial No.: 162033

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Hypomesus chishimaensis Saruwatari, López and Pietsch, 1997
  
    Hypomesus transpacificus nipponensis McAllister, 1963
  
  Common Name(s): Wakasagi [English]
  
    Wakasagi smelt [English]
  
    Wakasagi
 
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassActinopterygii  – ray-finned fishes, spiny rayed fishes, poisson épineux, poissons à nageoires rayonnées  
                      ClassTeleostei   
                         SuperorderProtacanthopterygii   
                            OrderOsmeriformes  – argentines, éperlans, argentines, smelts  
                               SuborderOsmeroidei   
                                  SuperfamilyOsmeroidea   
                                     FamilyOsmeridae Regan, 1913 – smelts, capellanes, éperlans  
                                        GenusHypomesus Gill, 1862 – smallmouth smelts  
                                           SpeciesHypomesus nipponensis McAllister, 1963 – Wakasagi, Wakasagi smelt, Wakasagi  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Wayne C. Starnes  
  Notes: Research Curator of Fishes, North Carolina State Museum of Natural Sciences, Research Laboratory, 4301 Reedy Creek Rd., Raleigh, NC, 27607, USA   
  Reference for: Hypomesus nipponensis    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: Catalog of Fishes, 17-Mar-2003, website (version 13-Mar-03)  
  Acquired: 2003   
  Notes: http://www.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/   
  Reference for: Hypomesus nipponensis   
       
  Source: Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes, 13-Jan-2026, website (version 13-Jan-26)  
  Acquired: 2026   
  Notes: Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & van der Laan, R. (eds) 2026. ESCHMEYER'S CATALOG OF FISHES: GENERA, SPECIES, REFERENCES. (https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp). Electronic version accessed 16 Jan 2026   
  Reference for: Hypomesus nipponensis   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Hypomesus nipponensis   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): McAllister, D. E.  
  Publication Date: 1963   
  Article/Chapter Title: A revision of the smelt family, Osmeridae   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Biological Series, no. 71. Bulletin. National Museum of Canada, no. 191   
  Page(s): 1-53   
  Publisher:    
  Publication Place:    
  ISBN/ISSN:    
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Hypomesus nipponensis   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Nelson, Joseph S., Edwin J. Crossman, H. Espinosa-Pérez, L. T. Findley, C. R. Gilbert, et al., eds.  
  Publication Date: 2004   
  Article/Chapter Title: Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States, Canada, and Mexico, Sixth Edition   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 29   
  Page(s): ix + 386   
  Publisher: American Fisheries Society   
  Publication Place: Bethesda, Maryland, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-888569-61-1, 0097-0638  
  Notes: Full author list: Nelson, Joseph S., Edwin J. Crossman, Héctor Espinosa-Pérez, Lloyd T. Findley, Carter R. Gilbert, Robert N. Lea, and James D. Williams   
  Reference for: Hypomesus nipponensis, Wakasagi [English]   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Page, Lawrence M., Katherine E. Bemis, Thomas E. Dowling, Héctor S. Espinosa-Pérez et al.  
  Publication Date: 2023   
  Article/Chapter Title: Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States, Canada, and Mexico, 8th edition   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 37   
  Page(s): vii + 439   
  Publisher: American Fisheries Society   
  Publication Place: Bethesda, Maryland, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 9781934874691, 0097-0638  
  Notes: doi: 10.47886/9781934874691   
  Reference for: Hypomesus nipponensis, Wakasagi [English]   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Robins, Richard C., Reeve M. Bailey, Carl E. Bond, James R. Brooker, Ernest A. Lachner, et al.  
  Publication Date: 1980   
  Article/Chapter Title: A List of Common and Scientific Names of Fishes from the United States and Canada, Fourth Edition   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 12   
  Page(s): 174   
  Publisher: American Fisheries Society   
  Publication Place: Bethesda, Maryland, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0097-0638   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Hypomesus nipponensis, Wakasagi [English]   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Saruwatari, T., J. A. López, and T. W. Pietsch  
  Publication Date: 1997   
  Article/Chapter Title: A revision of the osmerid genus Hypomesus Gill (Teleostei: Salmoniformes), with the description of a new species from the southern Kuril Islands   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Species Diversity, vol. 2, no. 1   
  Page(s): 59-82   
  Publisher:    
  Publication Place:    
  ISBN/ISSN: 1342-1670   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Hypomesus nipponensis, Wakasagi   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: East Pacific  
    Indo-West Pacific  
    North America  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin: Continental US, Introduced  
 

 

    

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