Hypomesus nipponensis

Basic information
Scientific name	Hypomesus nipponensis	(No picture)
Common names	Japanese smelt, Wakasagi
Higher taxon	Osmeridae, Osmeriformes, Actinopterygii
Natural range	Korean Peninsula and Japan (Hokkaido and middle to northern part of Honshu)
Habitat	Sea coast, lakes and ponds, artificial lakes

Invasion information
Range in Japan	Lakes and dam-lakes in almost entire Japan except small islands.
Origin	Within Japan
Date	Routinely released for fishing.
Route	For food and sports fishing.
Impact	Unknown impact.
Regulation in Japan	Introduction of this species is prohibited in Shiga and Saga Prefs. Capture of this species is controled by several local governments.
Introduced range in other countries	USA (from Japan in 1959)

Reference	Notes
Froese & Pauly (eds) (2009) FishBase (Accessed on 2010-12-07) http://www.fishbase.org/search.cfm Kawanabe et al. (eds) (2002) Freshwater Fishes of Japan, 3rd ed.. Yama-kei Publishers, Tokyo (in Jpn) Matsuzawa & Senou (2008) Alien fishes of Japan. Bun-ichi Sogo Shuppan, Tokyo (in Jpn)