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Family: Osmeridae Smelts



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15 species
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Photo by Fritzsche, R.A./J.W. Cavanagh

Eastern Pacific
Max. Length 22.9 cm TL
Allosmerus elongatus (Ayres, 1854)

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Allosmerus elongatus
[Whitebait smelt]

Photo by Vasilets, P.

Northwest Pacific
Max. Length 25 cm TL
Hypomesus japonicus (Brevoort, 1856)

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Hypomesus japonicus
[]

Photo by Senou, H.

Asia
Max. Length 17 cm TL
Hypomesus nipponensis McAllister, 1963

Photo by Photo by Senou, H.
 
Hypomesus nipponensis
[Japanese smelt]

Photo by Kim, I.-S.

Arctic, Northwest to Nort
Max. Length 20 cm TL
Hypomesus olidus (Pallas, 1814)

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Hypomesus olidus
[Pond smelt]

Photo by Bull. U.S. Bur. Fish.

Eastern Pacific
Max. Length 30.5 cm TL
Hypomesus pretiosus (Girard, 1854)

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Hypomesus pretiosus
[Surf smelt]

Photo by The Native Fish Conservancy

North America
Max. Length 12 cm TL
Hypomesus transpacificus McAllister, 1963

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Hypomesus transpacificus
[Delta smelt]

Photo by Armesto, A.

Circumpolar in the Arctic
Max. Length 25.2 cm TL
Mallotus villosus (Müller, 1776)

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Mallotus villosus
[Capelin]

Photo by Bull. U.S. Bur. Fish.

North Pacific and Arctic
Max. Length 34 cm SL
Osmerus dentex Steindachner & Kner, 1870

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Osmerus dentex
[Pacific rainbow smelt]

Photo by Meyer, T.

North Atlantic
Max. Length 45 cm TL
Osmerus eperlanus (Linnaeus, 1758)

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Osmerus eperlanus
[European smelt]

Photo by Lyons, J.

North Atlantic
Max. Length 35.6 cm TL
Osmerus mordax (Mitchill, 1814)

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Osmerus mordax
[Rainbow smelt]

Photo by Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa, Canada

North America
Max. Length 17 cm TL
Osmerus spectrum Cope, 1870

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Osmerus spectrum
[Pigmy smelt]
No picture found

Max. Length 70 cm TL

 
Spirinchus lanceolatus
[]

Photo by Fritzsche, R.A./J.W. Cavanagh

Northeast Pacific
Max. Length 23 cm TL
Spirinchus starksi (Fisk, 1913)

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Spirinchus starksi
[Night smelt]

Photo by Bull. U.S. Bur. Fish.

North Pacific
Max. Length 20 cm TL
Spirinchus thaleichthys (Ayres, 1860)

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Spirinchus thaleichthys
[Longfin smelt]

Photo by Bull. U.S. Bur. Fish.

North Pacific
Max. Length 34 cm TL
Thaleichthys pacificus (Richardson, 1836)

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Thaleichthys pacificus
[Eulachon]


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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Allosmerus elongatus Whitebait smelt Eastern Pacific 22.9 TL 1854
Hypomesus japonicus Northwest Pacific 25 TL 1856
Hypomesus nipponensis Japanese smelt Asia 17 TL 1963
Hypomesus olidus Pond smelt Arctic, Northwest to Nort 20 TL 1814
Hypomesus pretiosus Surf smelt Eastern Pacific 30.5 TL 1854
Hypomesus transpacificus Delta smelt North America 12 TL 1963
Mallotus villosus Capelin Circumpolar in the Arctic 25.2 TL 1776
Osmerus dentex Pacific rainbow smelt North Pacific and Arctic 34 SL 1870
Osmerus eperlanus European smelt North Atlantic 45 TL 1758
Osmerus mordax Rainbow smelt North Atlantic 35.6 TL 1814
Osmerus spectrum Pigmy smelt North America 17 TL 1870
Spirinchus lanceolatus Northwest Pacific 70 TL 1913
Spirinchus starksi Night smelt Northeast Pacific 23 TL 1913
Spirinchus thaleichthys Longfin smelt North Pacific 20 TL 1860
Thaleichthys pacificus Eulachon North Pacific 34 TL 1836



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