Euphausia pacifica: taxon details and analytics

Domain
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Malacostraca
Order
Euphausiacea
Family
Euphausiidae
Genus
Euphausia
Species
Euphausia pacifica
Scientific Name
Euphausia pacifica

Summary description from Wikipedia:

Euphausia pacifica

Euphausia pacifica, the North Pacific krill, is a euphausid that lives in the northern Pacific Ocean.

In Japan, E. pacifica is called isada krill or tsunonashi okiami (ツノナシオキアミ). It is found from Suruga Bay northwards, including all of the Sea of Japan and the south-western part of the Sea of Okhotsk. E. pacifica is fished from Cape Inubō north. The annual catch of krill in Japanese seas is limited to 70,000 metric tonnes by government regulations. E. pacifica is also fished, albeit on a smaller scale, in the waters of British Columbia, Canada.

E. pacifica is a major food item for various fish, including Pacific cod, Alaska pollock, chub mackerel, sand lance, North Pacific hake, Pacific herring, dogfish, sablefish, Pacific halibut, chinook salmon and coho salmon.

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Euphausia pacifica in languages:

Dutch
Arctisch krill
English
North Pacific krill
French
Krill pacifique
Japanese
ツノナシオキアミ

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Euphausia pacifica
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Euphausia pacifica
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Euphausia pacifica
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Euphausia pacifica
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Euphausia pacifica
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Euphausia pacifica
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Euphausia pacifica
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Euphausia pacifica
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Euphausia pacifica
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