Hypomesus

{{Automatic Taxobox

| name = Hypomesus

| fossil_range = {{fossilrange|28|0}}Late Oligocene to Present{{cite journal

|last=Sepkoski

|first=Jack

|title=A compendium of fossil marine animal genera

|journal=Bulletins of American Paleontology

|volume=363

|pages=560

|year=2002

|url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/40634#page/5/mode/1up

}}

| image = Hypomesus transpacificus.jpg

| image_caption = Delta smelt, Hypomesus transpacificus

| taxon = Hypomesus

| authority = T. N. Gill, 1862

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision =

}}

Hypomesus is a genus of smelts (Osmeridae), consisting of five species found in the northern hemisphere.

Species

There are currently five recognized species in this genus:{{FishBase genus | genus = Hypomesus| month = February | year = 2012}}

Hypomesus japonicus (Brevoort, 1856)
Hypomesus nipponensis McAllister, 1963 (Japanese smelt)
Hypomesus olidus (Pallas, 1814) (Pond smelt)
Hypomesus pretiosus (Girard, 1854) (Surf smelt)
Hypomesus transpacificus McAllister, 1963 (Delta smelt)

The pond smelt H. olidus is widespread across northeastern Asia, Alaska, and northwestern Canada, while the Delta smelt H. transpacificus is an endangered species of the Sacramento Delta in California. H. chishimaensis was at one time thought to be a separate species, but has since been identified as a population of H. nipponensis.

{{cladogram|align=left|title=Hypomesus

|caption=Phylogeny of the genus Hypomesus including H. chishimaensis under H. nipponensis.

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|2= {{clade

|1=H. pretiosus

|2=H. transpacificus}}

|1=H. japonicus}}

|1={{clade

|1=H. olidus

|2=H. nipponensis}}

}}

References

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{{cite journal |url=http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.1643/0045-8511(2007)7[180:AHCAHN]2.0.CO;2 |title=Are Hypomesus chishimaensis and H. nipponensis (Osmeridae) distinct species? |year=2007 |journal=Copeia |author=Ilves, K. L. |author2=E. B. Taylor |name-list-style=amp |volume=2007 |pages=180–185 |doi= 10.1643/0045-8511(2007)7[180:AHCAHN]2.0.CO;2 |s2cid=86738107 |url-access=subscription }}

{{cite journal |title=Evolutionary and biogeographical patterns within the smelt genus Hypomesus in the North Pacific Ocean |author=Ilves, K. L. |author2=E. B. Taylor |name-list-style=amp |journal=Journal of Biogeography |year=2008 |doi=10.1111/j.1365-2699.2007.01782.x |volume=35 |issue=1 |pages=48–64 |bibcode=2008JBiog..35...48I |s2cid=4488913 }}

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Category:Extant Chattian first appearances

Category:Chattian genus first appearances

Category:Marine fish genera

Category:Freshwater fish genera

Category:Ray-finned fish genera

Category:Taxa named by Theodore Gill