Checklist of marine and estuarine fishes from the Alaska-Yukon Border, Beaufort Sea, to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico Author Love, Milton S. 0000-0003-0981-0061 love@lifesci.ucsb.edu Author Bizzarro, Joseph J. 0000-0002-2412-9357 joe.bizzarro@noaa.gov Author Cornthwaite, Maria 0000-0002-1528-3272 maria.cornthwaite@dfo-mpo.gc.ca Author Frable, Benjamin W. 0000-0003-4525-0671 bfrable@ucsd.edu Author Maslenikov, Katherine P. 0000-0003-0981-0061 love@lifesci.ucsb.edu text Zootaxa 2021 2021-10-19 5053 1 1 285 journal article 2792 10.11646/zootaxa.5053.1.1 75ffcff3-6336-4f6a-8d0b-94c082519099 1175-5326 5578008 295D03A4-589A-4E3F-B030-5121EF7D7398 ** Hypomesus nipponensis McAllister, 1963 . Wakasagi. To 19.5 cm ( 7.8 in ) SL ( Saruwatari et al. 1997 ). Widespread in Japan , Sakhalin Island and environs ( Dyldin and Orlov 2016b ); introduced to California lakes in 1959 ( Saruwatari et al. 1997 ), now in Sacramento–San Joaquin Estuary ( Aasen et al. 1998 ). Primarily a brackish-water species; found also in fresh water, commonly from transplants ( Saruwatari et al. 1997 ); depth: shallow waters to 50 m ( 164 ft ) ( Kim and Kim 2019 ).