Ayu
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| phylum | Chordata | The ayu or sweetfish is a relative of the smelts and is placed in the order Osmeriformes. Native to the Palearctic ecozone, it occurs in rivers, lakes, and coastal waters of western Hokkaidō in Japan southward to the Korean Peninsula, China, Taiwan and Hong Kong.
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| class | Actinopterygii | |
| order | Osmeriformes | |
| family | Plecoglossidae | |
| genus | Plecoglossus | |
| species | P. altivelis |
