Overview
9987 and 559). River forms live usually only one year whereas lake forms can live two or three years[2]. Reaches maturity at 30-40 cm[2]. Highly esteemed food fish . Marketed fresh and consumed fresh, fried and broiled[4].
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Interesting Facts
Common Names
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Common Names in Danish:
Ayu
Common Names in English:
Ayu, Ayu Sweetfish, Ko-Ayu, Ryukyu Ayu-Fish, Sweet-Fish, Sweetfish
Common Names in Finnish:
Aju
Common Names in German:
Ayu
Common Names in Japanese:
Ayu
Common Names in Korean:
Un-O
Common Names in Mandarin Chinese:
Hai Tai Yú, Xiang Y
Common Names in Russian:
Aiyu
Description
Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 587 meters (0 to 1,926 feet).[5]
Biome: Marine .
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Osteichthyes
()
- Huxley, 1880
- Class:
Osteichthyes
()
- Huxley, 1880
- Subclass:
Actinopterygii
()
- Infraclass:
Actinopteri
()
- Cohort:
Clupeocephala
()
- Order:
Salmoniformes
()
- Suborder:
Osmeroidei
()
- Family:
Plecoglossidae
()
- Genus:
Plecoglossus
()
- Temminck & Schlegel, 1846
- Specific name:
altivelis
- Subspecies:
altivelis
- Scientific name: - Plecoglossus altivelis altivelis (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846)
- Subspecies:
altivelis
- Specific name:
altivelis
- Genus:
Plecoglossus
(
- Family:
Plecoglossidae
(
- Suborder:
Osmeroidei
(
- Order:
Salmoniformes
(
- Cohort:
Clupeocephala
(
- Infraclass:
Actinopteri
(
- Subclass:
Actinopterygii
(
- Class:
Osteichthyes
(
- Superclass:
Osteichthyes
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Synonyms
Plecoglossus altevalis (Temminck and Schlegel • Plecoglossus altivelis (Temminck and Schlegel • Salmo altivelis Temminck and Schlegel
Similar Species
Members of the genus Plecoglossus
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 3 species and subspecies in this genus:
P. altivelis (Ryukyu Ayu-Fish) · P. altivelis altivelis (Ayu) · P. altivelis ryukyuensis (Ryukyu Ayu-Fish)
More Info
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Further Reading
- Groombridge, B. (ed.) 1994. 1994 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.
- Collette, Bruce B. (from FishBase).
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 14, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 14 providers.
- World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1996. Plecoglossus altivelis ssp. ryukyuensis. In: IUCN 2004. 2004 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.redlist.org . Downloaded on 30 January 2005.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3861732
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-60263
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13535880
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 623690
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 9885
Footnotes
- Yamada, U., S. Shirai, T. Irie, M. Tokimura, S. Deng, Y. Zheng, C. Li, Y.U. Kim and Y.S. Kim (1995). Names and Illustrations of Fishes from the East China Sea and the Yellow Sea. Overseas Fishery Cooperation Foundation, Tokyo, Japan. [back]
- Chyung, M.-K. (1977). The fishes of Korea. Il Ji Sa Publishing Co. Seoul, Korea. 727 p. [back]
- Adamicka, P. (1984). Der Ayu (Plecoglossus altivelis T. et S.), ein interessanter Vertreter der japanischen Fischfauna. Österreichs Fischerei 37:140-147. [back]
- Frimodt, C. (1995). Multilingual illustrated guide to the world's commercial warmwater fish. Fishing News Books, Osney Mead, Oxford, England. 215 p. [back]
- Mean = -140.370 meters (-460.531 feet), Standard Deviation = 513.730 based on 40 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
