WoRMS taxon details
Salanx chinensis (Osbeck, 1765)
315539 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:315539)
accepted
Species
Albula chinensis Osbeck, 1765 · unaccepted
Leucosoma chinensis (Osbeck, 1765) · unaccepted (synonym)
Protosalanx chinensis (Osbeck, 1765) · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Albula chinensis Osbeck, 1765) Osbeck, P. (1765). Reise nach Ostindien und China. Nebst O. Toreens Reise nach Suratte und C. G. Ekebergs Nachricht von den Landwirthschaft der Chineser. <em>Rostock.</em> i-xxvi + 1-552 + 25-p. index, Pls. 1-13. [German translation by J. G. Georgius. J. C. Koppe]., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.120128
page(s): 309 [details]
page(s): 309 [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Salanx chinensis (Osbeck, 1765). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=315539 on 2026-07-10
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Albula chinensis Osbeck, 1765) Osbeck, P. (1765). Reise nach Ostindien und China. Nebst O. Toreens Reise nach Suratte und C. G. Ekebergs Nachricht von den Landwirthschaft der Chineser. <em>Rostock.</em> i-xxvi + 1-552 + 25-p. index, Pls. 1-13. [German translation by J. G. Georgius. J. C. Koppe]., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.120128
page(s): 309 [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
page(s): 309 [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
context source (HKRMS)
Hong Kong marine fish database. <em>AFCD.</em> , available online at https://www.hk-fish.net/en/fish/introduction/ [details]
Present
Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes)
To Barcode of Life (35 barcodes) (from synonym Protosalanx chinensis (Osbeck, 1765))
To Barcode of Life (4 barcodes) (from synonym Leucosoma chinensis (Osbeck, 1765))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Albula chinensis Osbeck, 1765)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Protosalanx chinensis (Osbeck, 1765))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (21 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Leucosoma chinensis (Osbeck, 1765))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Protosalanx chinensis) (from synonym Protosalanx chinensis (Osbeck, 1765))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Salanx chinensis)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Leucosoma chinensis (Osbeck, 1765))
To FishBase (from synonym Albula chinensis Osbeck, 1765)
To FishBase (from synonym Protosalanx chinensis (Osbeck, 1765))
To GenBank (24 nucleotides; 29 proteins) (from synonym Albula chinensis Osbeck, 1765)
To GenBank (24 nucleotides; 29 proteins) (from synonym Leucosoma chinensis (Osbeck, 1765))
To GenBank (24 nucleotides; 29 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Data Deficient)
To Barcode of Life (35 barcodes) (from synonym Protosalanx chinensis (Osbeck, 1765))
To Barcode of Life (4 barcodes) (from synonym Leucosoma chinensis (Osbeck, 1765))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Albula chinensis Osbeck, 1765)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Protosalanx chinensis (Osbeck, 1765))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (21 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Leucosoma chinensis (Osbeck, 1765))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Protosalanx chinensis) (from synonym Protosalanx chinensis (Osbeck, 1765))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Salanx chinensis)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Leucosoma chinensis (Osbeck, 1765))
To FishBase (from synonym Albula chinensis Osbeck, 1765)
To FishBase (from synonym Protosalanx chinensis (Osbeck, 1765))
To GenBank (24 nucleotides; 29 proteins) (from synonym Albula chinensis Osbeck, 1765)
To GenBank (24 nucleotides; 29 proteins) (from synonym Leucosoma chinensis (Osbeck, 1765))
To GenBank (24 nucleotides; 29 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Data Deficient)