Fish Identification: Find Species

Family: Osmeridae Smelts

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

Allosmerus elongatus
[Whitebait smelt]

Photo by Photo by Vasilets, P.

Hypomesus japonicus
[]

Photo by Photo by Senou, H.

Hypomesus nipponensis
[Japanese smelt]

Photo by Photo by Kim, I.-S.

Hypomesus olidus
[Pond smelt]

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

Hypomesus pretiosus
[Surf smelt]

Photo by Photo by The Native Fish Conservancy

Hypomesus transpacificus
[Delta smelt]

Photo by Photo by Armesto, A.

Mallotus villosus
[Capelin]

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

Osmerus dentex
[Pacific rainbow smelt]

Photo by Photo by Meyer, T.

Osmerus eperlanus
[European smelt]

Photo by Photo by Lyons, J.

Osmerus mordax
[Rainbow smelt]

Photo by Photo by Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa, Canada

Osmerus spectrum
[Pigmy smelt]

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Max. Length 70 cm TL

Spirinchus lanceolatus
[]

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

Spirinchus starksi
[Night smelt]

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

Spirinchus thaleichthys
[Longfin smelt]

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

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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Fish Identification: Find Species

Family: Osmeridae Smelts(See list of species below)

Family: Osmeridae Smelts

(See list of species below)