Family Osmeridae - Smelts
Order : Osmeriformes Osmeridae Osmeridae
Class : Teleostei
No. in FishBase : Genera : 6 | Species : 15 Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes
Environment : Fresh : Yes | Brackish : Yes | Marine : Yes
Division : Peripheral/diadromous
Aquarium : none
First Fossil Record :      
Remark : Anadromous, freshwater (coastal) and marine. Distribution: Northern Hemisphere in Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. No axillary process on pelvics. Pelvic fin rays 8. Principal caudal rays 19; unbranched rays 2. Branchiostegal rays 6-10. Premaxillary and maxillary teeth present. Teeth on inner mouth bones and dentary. Mesocoracoid present. No orbitospehnoid. Pyloric caeca 1-11, or absent. Last vertebra directed upward. Color silvery. About 40 cm maximum length; most species below 20 cm.
Etymology : Greek, osme = bad smelling ( Ref. 45335).
Reproductive guild : nonguarders
Typical activity level : normal
Main Ref. : Nelson, J.S. 1984
Coordinator :
Deep Fin Classification : Osteichthyes | Actinopterygii | Actinopteri | Neopterygii | Teleostei | Osteoglossocephalai | Clupeocephala | Euteleosteomorpha | Stomiati | | | | | | | | | Osmeriformes | Osmeroidei | | Osmeridae

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Species/Synonymy list for the family Osmeridae as currently in FishBase

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Scientifc name Status Senior/Junior synonym Combination
Osmerus eperlanus (Linnaeus, 1758)
acceptedseniornew
Salmo eperlanus Linnaeus, 1758
synonymseniororiginal
synonymseniornew
! Osmerus eparlanus (Linnaeus, 1758)
synonymseniornew
ambiguousotheroriginal
synonymjuniororiginal
Salmo spirinchus Pallas, 1814
synonymjuniororiginal
synonymjuniornew
Osmerus spirinchus (Pallas, 1814)
synonymjuniornew
Eperlanus vulgaris Valenciennes, 1842-56
synonymjuniororiginal
ambiguousotheroriginal
Eperlanus schonfieldii Kljukanov & McAllister, 1973
ambiguousotheroriginal
synonymjuniororiginal
Osmerus mordax (Mitchill, 1814)
acceptedseniornew
Atherina mordax Mitchill, 1814
synonymseniororiginal
Osmerus eperlanus mordax (Mitchill, 1814)
synonymseniornew
Osmerus mordax mordax (Mitchill, 1814)
synonymseniornew
Osmerus dentex (non Steindachner & Kner, 1870)
misappliedmisappliedoriginal
Osmerus dentex Steindachner & Kner, 1870
acceptedseniororiginal
Osmerus eperlanus dentex Steindachner & Kner, 1870
synonymseniorchange in rank
Osmerus mordax dentex Steindachner & Kner, 1870
synonymseniorchange in rank
Osmerus mordax (non Mitchill, 1814)
misappliedmisappliednew
Osmerus spectrum Cope, 1870
acceptedseniororiginal
Mallotus villosus (Müller, 1776)
acceptedseniornew
Clupea villosa Müller, 1776
synonymseniororiginal
Salmo catervarius Pennant, 1784
synonymjuniororiginal
Mallotus catervarius (Pennant, 1784)
synonymjuniornew
synonymjuniornew
Salmo socialis Pallas, 1814
synonymjuniororiginal
synonymjuniornew
Thaleichthys pacificus (Richardson, 1836)
acceptedseniornew
Salmo pacificus Richardson, 1836
synonymseniororiginal
Osmerus pacificus (Richardson, 1836)
synonymseniornew
synonymjuniororiginal
Osmerus albatrossis Jordan & Gilbert, 1898
synonymjuniororiginal
Lestidium parri Chapman, 1939
synonymjuniororiginal
Hypomesus pretiosus (Girard, 1854)
acceptedseniornew
Argentina pretiosa Girard, 1854
synonymseniororiginal
synonymseniornew
Hypomesus olidus (Pallas, 1814)
acceptedseniornew
Salmo olidus Pallas, 1814
synonymseniororiginal
Mesopus olidus (Pallas, 1814)
synonymseniornew
Hypomesus olidus bergi Taranetz, 1936
synonymjuniororiginal
synonymjuniororiginal
synonymjuniororiginal
Salmo spirinchus (non Pallas, 1814)
misappliedmisappliedoriginal
Hypomesus japonicus (non Brevort, 1856)
misappliedmisappliednew
Osmerus thaleichthys (non Ayres, 1860)
misappliedmisappliedoriginal
Hypomesus japonicus (Brevoort, 1856)
acceptedseniornew
Osmerus japonicus Brevoort, 1856
synonymseniororiginal
synonymseniornew
Mesopus japonicus (Brevoort, 1856)
synonymseniornew
Osmerus oligodon Kner, 1865
synonymjuniororiginal
Spirinchus verecundus Jordan & Metz, 1913
synonymjuniororiginal
Hypomesus verecundus (Jordan & Metz, 1913)
synonymjuniornew
! Hypomesus verencundus (Jordan & Metz, 1913)
synonymjuniornew
! Spirinchus verencundus Jordan & Metz, 1913
synonymjuniororiginal
Hypomesus pretiosus (non Girard, 1854)
misappliedmisappliednew
Hypomesus nipponensis McAllister, 1963
acceptedseniorchange in rank
synonymseniororiginal
! Hypomesus nippnensis McAllister, 1963
synonymseniorchange in rank
Hypomesus chishimaensis Saruwatari, Lopéz & Pietsch, 1997
synonymjuniororiginal
Hypomesus olidus (non Pallas, 1814)
misappliedmisappliednew
Mesopus olidus (non Pallas, 1814)
misappliedmisappliednew
Hypomesus transpacificus McAllister, 1963
acceptedseniororiginal
synonymseniorchange in rank
Hypomesus olidus (non Pallas, 1814)
misappliedmisappliednew
acceptedseniornew
synonymseniororiginal
Spirinchus dilatus Schultz & Chapman, 1934
synonymjuniororiginal
Spirinchus lanceolatus (Hikita, 1913)
acceptedseniornew
Osmerus lanceolatus Hikita, 1913
synonymseniororiginal
Spirinchus starksi (Fisk, 1913)
acceptedseniornew
Osmerus starksi Fisk, 1913
synonymseniororiginal
! Spirinchus starki (Fisk, 1913)
synonymseniornew
Allosmerus elongatus (Ayres, 1854)
acceptedseniornew
Osmerus elongatus Ayres, 1854
synonymseniororiginal
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