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	<dc:identifier>FB-254</dc:identifier>
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	<dwc:Kingdom>Animalia</dwc:Kingdom>
	<dwc:Phylum>Chordata</dwc:Phylum>
	<dwc:Class>Teleostei</dwc:Class>
	<dwc:Order>Osmeriformes</dwc:Order>
	<dwc:Family>Osmeridae</dwc:Family>
	<dwc:Genus>Hypomesus</dwc:Genus>
	<dwc:ScientificName>Hypomesus olidus (Pallas, 1814)</dwc:ScientificName>
	<commonName xml:lang='pl'>Stynka amerykanska</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='pt'>Eperlano-arco-íris</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='da'>Amerikansk smelt</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='de'>Amerikanischer Stint</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='de'>Regenbogenstint</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='en'>American smelt</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='en'>Atlantic rainbow smelt</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='en'>Atlantic smelt</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='en'>Bay capelin</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='en'>Bay caplin</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='en'>Boreal smelt</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='en'>Freshwater smelt</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='en'>Frost fish</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='en'>Leefish</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='en'>Outside capelin</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='en'>Outside caplin</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='en'>Rainbow smelt</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='en'>Saltwater smelt</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='en'>Smelt</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='en'>Toothed smelt</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='en'>White-fish</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='et'>Vikertint</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='fr'>Éperlan arc-en-ciel</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='fr'>Éperlan d'Amérique</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='fr'>Éperlan du nord</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='iu'>Ichloanik</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='iu'>Ilhuagnik</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='iu'>Iquar-niq</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='iu'>Ithoanin</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='iu'>Qiqotiliqaoraq</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='ru'>Корюшка зубастая</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='es'>Eperlano americano</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='es'>Eperlano arco iris</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>美洲胡瓜魚</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>美洲胡瓜鱼</commonName>
	<synonym relationship='synonym'>Atherina mordax Mitchill, 1814</synonym>
	<synonym relationship='misapplied name'>Osmerus dentex (non Steindachner &amp; Kner, 1870)</synonym>
	<synonym relationship='synonym'>Osmerus eperlanus mordax (Mitchill, 1814)</synonym>
	<synonym relationship='synonym'>Osmerus mordax mordax (Mitchill, 1814)</synonym>
	<dcterms:created>1990-10-17</dcterms:created>
	<dcterms:modified>2024-01-17</dcterms:modified>
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	<dc:description>Anadromous. Fish that ascend rivers to spawn, as salmon and hilsa do. Sub-division of diadromous.    Migrations should be cyclical and predictable and cover more than 100 km.</dc:description>
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	<dc:description>Spawning runs occur when temperature is between 8.9-18.3°C, may last for 3 weeks, peak for 1 week. Lengths of both sexes decrease as spawning progress. Two or more tuberculated males maintain position against a female in swift water, eggs released in clusters and presumably milt released simultaneously. Spawning usually takes place at night, spawners move downstream to the lake during daytime. </dc:description>
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	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=58426&amp;speccode=253'>Coad, B.W. and J.D. Reist 2004 Annotated list of the arctic marine fishes of Canada. Can. MS Rep. Fish Aquat. Sci. 2674:iv:+112 p. (Ref. 58426)</reference>
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