- Salanx Chinensis
- Whitebait White"bait`, n. (Zo["o]l.) (a) The young of several species of herrings, especially of the common herring, esteemed a great delicacy by epicures in England. (b) A small translucent fish ({Salanx Chinensis}) abundant at certain seasons on the coasts of China and Japan, and used in the same manner as the European whitebait. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.