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Allosmerus is a monotypic genus of smelt. Its sole species, Allosmerus elongatus , the whitebait smelt , is an uncommon Northeast Pacific smelt, about which little is known. [ 1 ] Originally described as both Osmerus attenuatus and O. elongatus , these two species were determined to be conspecific in 1946. [ 2 ]
The bait used is normally anything from the surrounding environment which the whiting naturally prey on, with polychaetes, bivalves, crustaceans such as prawns and crabs, cephalopods and small fish effective for most species. As with most species, live bait is known to produce better catches.
The festival has a motto, which is a play on words: "Lewiston never smelt so good." [13] Lithuania celebrates an annual weekend smelt festival in Palanga "Palangos Stinta" early every January. The American Legion Post 82, in Port Washington, Wisconsin, has been hosting its annual Smelt Fry since 1951. Located on the Western shore of Lake ...
Smelt-whiting is the common name for various species of the family Sillaginidae. The Sillaginidae are distributed throughout the Indo-Pacific region, ranging from the west coast of Africa to Japan and Taiwan in the east, as well occupying as a number of small islands including New Caledonia in the Pacific Ocean . [ 1 ]
The King George whiting (Sillaginodes punctatus), also known as the spotted whiting or spotted sillago, is a coastal marine fish of the smelt-whitings family Sillaginidae.The King George whiting is endemic to Australia, inhabiting the south coast of the country from Jurien Bay, Western Australia to Botany Bay, New South Wales in the east. [1]
Freshwater smelt may refer to: Wakasagi smelts, an introduced species of smelt in California, native to eastern Asia. Great Lakes smelts , (North American) in the family Osmeridae and genera Allosmerus , Hypomesus , Mallotus , Osmerus , Spirinchus and Thaleichthys
Smelt may refer to: Smelting, chemical process; The common name of various fish: Smelt (fish), a family of small fish, Osmeridae; Australian smelt in the family ...
The rainbow smelt (Osmerus mordax) is a North American species of fish of the family Osmeridae. Walleye, trout, and other larger fish prey on these smelt.The rainbow smelt prefer juvenile ciscoes, zooplankton such as calanoid copepods (Leptodiaptomus ashlandi, L. minutus, L. sicilis), and other small organisms, but are aggressive and will eat almost any fish they find.