Hemisalanx

Hemisalanx brachyrostralis is a species of icefish endemic to the Yangtze basin, China. It is the only known species in the genus Hemisalanx, after "Hemisalanx prognathus" was moved to genus "Salanx". In a study of the five freshwater icefish species in the Yangtze, it was a relatively low-density species, being much less frequent than "Neosalanx taihuensis" and "N. oligodontis", but more than "Protosalanx hyalocranius" and "N. tangkahkeii". "H. brachyrostralis" reaches up to in total length.