FAMILY Salangidae Bleeker, 1859 - icefishes GENUS Hemisalanx Regan, 1908 - icefishes [=Hemisalanx Regan [C. T.], 1908:444] Notes: [ref. 3632]. Masc. Hemisalanx prognathus Regan, 1908. Type by monotypy. •Synonym of Salanx Oken, 1817, but a valid subgenus Hemisalanx -- (Roberts 1984:206 [ref. 5318]). •Valid as Hemisalanx Regan, 1908 -- (Zhang & Qiao 1994:103 [ref. 18971], Zhang et al. 2007:335 [ref. 29562], Zhang et al. 2016:187 [ref. 34477]). Current status: Valid as Hemisalanx Regan, 1908. Salangidae. Species Hemisalanx brachyrostralis (Fang, 1934) - Nanking icefish (author) [=Salanx brachyrostralis Fang [P.-W.], 1934:257] Notes: [Sinensia v. 4 (no. 9); ref. 1298] Nanking, China. Current status: Valid as Hemisalanx brachyrostralis (Fang, 1934). Salangidae. Distribution: Eastern Asia. Habitat: freshwater. GENUS Leucosoma Gray, 1831 - icefishes [=Leucosoma Gray [J. E.], 1831:4] Notes: [ref. 1880]. Neut. Leucosoma reevesii Gray, 1831. Type by monotypy. •Synonym of Salanx Oken, 1817, but a valid subgenus Leucosoma -- (Roberts 1984:206 [ref. 5318]). •Synonym of Salanx Cuvier, 1816 -- (Kottelat 2013:269 [ref. 32989]). •Valid as Leucosoma Gray 1831 -- (Liang in Pan et al. 1991:48 [ref. 23876], Zhang & Qiao 1994:103 [ref. 18971], Zhang et al. 2007:335 [ref. 29562], Fu et al. 2012:852 [ref. 31691], Zhang et al. 2016:187 [ref. 34477]). Current status: Valid as Leucosoma Cuvier, 1816. Salangidae. Species Leucosoma chinensis (Osbeck, 1765) - Pearl River icefish (author) [=Albula chinensis Osbeck [P.], 1765:309] Notes: [Reise nach Ostindien und China; ref. 3311] Pearl River/Chu Chiang, at Huampo or Wampo/Huang Pu Harbour, Canton, Guandong Province, China. Current status: Valid as Leucosoma chinensis (Osbeck, 1765). Salangidae. Distribution: Western North Pacific. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine. GENUS Neosalangichthys Fu et al., 2012 - icefishes [=Neosalangichthys Fu [C.-H.], Li [G.], Xia [R.] & Lei [G.-C.], 2012:xx] Notes: [ref. 31691]. Masc. Salangichthys ishikawae Wakiya & Takahasi 1913. Type by original designation (orthotype). Only online in Dec. 2011, awaiting publication in 2012. •Valid as Neosalangichthys Fu, Li, Xia & Lei 2012. Current status: Valid as Neosalangichthys Fu, Li, Xia & Lei, 2012. Salangidae. Species Neosalangichthys ishikawae (Wakiya & Takahasi, 1913) - Ishikawa's icefish (author) [=Salangichthys ishikawae Wakiya [Y.] & Takahasi [N.], 1913:552, Pl. 13 (figs. C1-3)] Notes: [Dobutsugaku Zasshi = Zoological Magazine Tokyo v. 25; ref. 14990] Miyagi-ken, Japan. Current status: Valid as Neosalangichthys ishikawae (Wakiya & Takahasi, 1913). Salangidae. Distribution: Western North Pacific. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine. GENUS Neosalanx Wakiya & Takahasi, 1937 - icefishes [=Neosalanx Wakiya [Y.] & Takahasi [N.], 1937:282] Notes: [ref. 4571]. Masc. Neosalanx jordani Wakiya & Takahas,i 1937. Type by original designation. •Valid as Neosalanx Wakiya & Takahasi, 1937 -- (Chen 1956:326 [ref. 23201], Roberts 1984:210 [ref. 5318], Liang in Pan et al. 1991:47 [ref. 23876], Zhang & Qiao 1994:103 [ref. 18971], Zhang et al. 2007:335 [ref. 29562], Fu et al. 2012:xx [ref. 31691], Kottelat 2013:268 [ref. 32989], Zhang et al. 2016:188 [ref. 34477]). Current status: Valid as Neosalanx Wakiya & Takahasi, 1937. Salangidae. Species Neosalanx anderssoni Rendahl, 1923 - Andersson's icefish (author) [=Protosalanx anderssoni Rendahl [H.], 1923:92] Notes: [Zoologischer Anzeiger v. 56 (nos 3/4); ref. 15426] Shan-Hai-Kuan, [Shan hai huan], Chihli [Hopeh] Province, northeastern China. Current status: Valid as Neosalanx anderssoni (Rendahl, 1923). Salangidae. Distribution: Western North Pacific. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine. Species Neosalanx brevirostris (Pellegrin, 1923) - Tonkin icefish (author) [=Protosalanx brevirostris Pellegrin [J.], 1923:351, Salanx argentea Lin [S.-Y.], 1932:63] Notes: [Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle (Série 1) v. 29 (no. 5); ref. 15422] Tonkin, northern Vietnam. Current status: Valid as Neosalanx brevirostris (Pellegrin, 1923). Salangidae. Distribution: Western North Pacific. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine. (argentea) [Lingnan Science Journal, Canton v. 11 (no. 1); ref. 16379] Heungchow, China. Current status: Synonym of Neosalanx brevirostris (Pellegrin, 1923). Salangidae. Distribution: Western North Pacific (if valid). Habitat: freshwater. Species Neosalanx hubbsi Wakiya & Takahasi, 1937 - Hubbs' icefish (author) [=Neosalanx hubbsi Wakiya [Y.] & Takahasi [N.], 1937:284, Pls. 17 (fig. 9-10), 21 (fig. h1-h2)] Notes: [Journal of the College of Agriculture, Imperial University Tokyo v. 14 (no. 4); ref. 4571] Tien-tsin and swatow, China; Korea, etc. Current status: Valid as Neosalanx hubbsi Wakiya & Takahasi, 1937. Salangidae. Distribution: Western North Pacific. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine. Species Neosalanx jordani Wakiya & Takahasi, 1937 - Jordan's icefish (author) [=Neosalanx jordani Wakiya [Y.] & Takahasi [N.], 1937:282, Pls. 16 (figs. 5-6), 20 (fig. 27)] Notes: [Journal of the College of Agriculture, Imperial University Tokyo v. 14 (no. 4); ref. 4571] Oryokko (Yalu) River, Seisenko River, and Rakutoko River, Korea. Current status: Valid as Neosalanx jordani Wakiya & Takahasi, 1937. Salangidae. Distribution: Western North Pacific: Korea. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine. Species Neosalanx oligodontis Chen, 1956 - Lake Tai icefish (author) [=Neosalanx oligodontis Chen [N.-S.], 1956:326] Notes: [English p. 334], Figs. 1, 2 [part] [Acta Hydrobiologica Sinica v. 2 (no. 2); ref. 23201] Lake Tai [Taihu], China. Current status: Valid as Neosalanx oligodontis Chen, 1956. Salangidae. Distribution: China. Habitat: freshwater. Species Neosalanx reganius Wakiya & Takahasi, 1937 - Araike Bay icefish (author) [=Neosalanx reganius Wakiya [Y.] & Takahasi [N.], 1937:283, Pl. 17 (figs. 7-8)] Notes: [Journal of the College of Agriculture, Imperial University Tokyo v. 14 (no. 4); ref. 4571] Araike Bay, Kyushu, Japan. Current status: Valid as Neosalanx reganius Wakiya & Takahasi, 1937. Salangidae. Distribution: Western North Pacific: Japan. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine. Species Neosalanx tangkahkeii (Wu, 1931) - Chinese icefish [=Protosalanx tangkahkeii Wu [H.-W.], 1931:219, Neosalanx pseudotaihuensis Zhang [Y.-L.], 1987:281 [286], Figs. 8-9, Neosalanx tangkahkeii var. taihuensis Chen [N.-S.], 1956:326] Notes: [Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle (Série 2) v. 3 (no. 2); ref. 16349] Amoy, Fukien, China. Current status: Valid as Neosalanx tangkahkeii (Wu, 1931). Salangidae. Distribution: Coastal waters of the South China Sea and lakes and rivers mostly in the Yagtze River basin, China. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine. (pseudotaihuensis) [Zoological Research v. 8 (no. 3); ref. 9142] Lake Taihu, China. Current status: Synonym of Neosalanx tangkahkeii (Wu, 1931). Salangidae. Distribution: Mostly in the Yangtze River basin, China. Habitat: freshwater. (taihuensis) [English p. 334], Fig. 2 [part] [Acta Hydrobiologica Sinica v. 2 (no. 2); ref. 23201] Lake Tai [Taihu], China. Current status: Synonym of Neosalanx tangkahkeii (Wu, 1931). Salangidae. Distribution: Mostly in the Yangtze basin, China [if valid]. Habitat: freshwater. GENUS Parasalanx Regan, 1908 - icefishes [=Parasalanx Regan [C. T.], 1908:444, Reganisalanx Fang [P.-W.], 1934:508] Notes: [ref. 3632]. Masc. Parasalanx gracillimus Regan, 1908. Type by subsequent designation. Type designated by Jordan 1920:530 [ref. 4905]. •Synonym of Salanx Cuvier, 1816 -- (Roberts 1984:206 [ref. 5318]). •Valid as Parasalanx Regan, 1908 -- (Kottelat 2013:269 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Valid as Parasalanx Regan, 1908. Salangidae. (Reganisalanx) [ref. 1299]. Masc. Reganisalanx normani Fang, 1934. Type by original designation. •Synonym of Salanx Cuvier, 1816 -- (Roberts 1984:206 [ref. 5318]). •Valid as Reganisalanx Fang, 1934 -- (Chen 1956:324 [ref. 23201]). •Synonym of Parasalanx Regan, 1908 -- (Kottelat 2013:269 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Parasalanx Regan, 1908. Salangidae. Species Parasalanx cuvieri (Valenciennes, in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1850) - Cuvier's icefish (author) [=Salanx cuvieri Valenciennes [A.], in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1850:360, Parasalanx angusticeps Regan [C. T.], 1908:446, Parasalanx cantonensis Herre [A. W. C. T.], 1932:425] Notes: [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 22; ref. 1014] No locality. Current status: Valid as Parasalanx cuvieri (Valenciennes, 1850). Salangidae. Distribution: Western North Pacific. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine. (angusticeps) [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 8) v. 2 (no. 11); ref. 3632] China. Current status: Synonym of Parasalanx cuvieri (Valenciennes, 1850). Salangidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine. (cantonensis) [Lingnan Science Journal, Canton v. 11 (no. 3); ref. 10975] Wholesale fish market, Canton, China. Current status: Synonym of Parasalanx cuvieri (Valenciennes, 1850). Salangidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine. GENUS Protosalanx Regan, 1908 - icefishes [=Protosalanx Regan [C. T.], 1908:444, Eperlanus Basilewsky [S.], 1855:242, Paraprotosalanx Fang [P.-W.], 1934:233, 246] Notes: [ref. 3632]. Masc. Salanx hyalocranius Abbott, 1901. Type by monotypy. •Valid as Protosalanx Regan, 1908 -- (Chen 1956:325 [ref. 23201], Roberts 1984:204 [ref. 5318], Zhang & Qiao 1994:103 [ref. 18971], Zhang et al. 2007:335 [ref. 29562], Fu et al. 2012:xx [ref. 31691], Kottelat 2013:269 [ref. 32989], Zhang et al. 2016:188 [ref. 34477]). Current status: Valid as Protosalanx Regan, 1908. Salangidae. (Eperlanus) [ref. 200]. Masc. Eperlanus