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Konosirus punctatus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846)

Dotted gizzard shad
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Japan country information

Common names: Konoshiro, コノシロ
Occurrence: native
Salinity: brackish
Abundance: common (usually seen) | Ref: Sokolovskaya, T.G., A.S. Sokolovskii and E.I. Sobolevskii, 1998
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Occurs in southern Japan, south of Matsushima Bay and Fukui Prefecture (Ref. 11230). Also Ref. 188, 637, 57032.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/ja.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.maff.go.jp/eindex.html
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Masuda, H., K. Amaoka, C. Araga, T. Uyeno and T. Yoshino, 1984
National Database:

Common names from other countries

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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Clupeiformes (Herrings) > Dorosomatidae (Gizzard shads and sardinellas)
Etymology: Konosirus: Japanese, konoshiro, a fish eaten in Kumihama City, in the Sea of Japan.
  More on authors: Temminck & Schlegel.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; brackish; pelagic-neritic; oceanodromous (Ref. 51243).   Subtropical; 42°N - 23°N, 117°E - 138°E (Ref. 54453)

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