Euphausia pacifica

Euphausia pacifica
A nauplius of Euphausia pacifica hatching from its egg
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Crustacea
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Euphausiacea
Family:	Euphausiidae
Genus:	Euphausia
Species:	E. pacifica
Binomial name
Euphausia pacifica Hansen, 1911

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 Inubo 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.

Gills