wakasagi
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[edit]Noun
[edit]wakasagi (plural wakasagi)
- Japanese smelt, Hypomesus nipponensis, a fish native to Japan and introduced in the United States
- 2011 September 16, “wakasagi (Hypomesus nipponensis)”, in NAS - Nonindigenous Aquatic Species[1], USGS:
- Means of Introduction: Wakasagi were intentionally introduced in 1959 from Japan by the California Department of Fish and Game as an experimental forage fish for trout
- 2021, “California fish species”, in University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources[2]:
- Wakasagi are pelagic plankton feeders found in open lakes, streams and reservoirs. They can survive in a wide range of temperatures (2-29°C) and salinities (0-29 ppt).
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