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Smelts are a family of small fish, the Osmeridae, found in the North Atlantic and North Pacific oceans, as well as rivers, streams and lakes in Europe, North America and Northeast Asia. They are also known as freshwater smelts or typical smelts to distinguish them from the related Argentinidae (herring smelts or argentines), Bathylagidae (deep ...
Family †Spaniodontidae Jordan 1905; Suborder Retropinnoidei Family Retropinnidae (Australian-New Zealand smelts and graylings) Suborder Osmeroidei Family Osmeridae (freshwater smelts, typical smelts) Family Plecoglossidae (Ayu) Family Salangidae (noodlefishes, "icefish") A possible fossil osmeriform is Spaniodon, a piscivore from Late ...
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.
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The delta smelt (Hypomesus transpacificus) is an endangered [1] slender-bodied smelt, about 5 to 7 cm (2.0 to 2.8 in) long, in the family Osmeridae.Endemic to the upper Sacramento-San Joaquin Estuary of California, it mainly inhabits the freshwater-saltwater mixing zone of the estuary, except during its spawning season, when it migrates upstream to fresh water following winter "first flush ...
The Pacific rainbow smelt (Osmerus dentex), also known as the Arctic rainbow smelt or cucumber fish in Japan, [citation needed] is a North Pacific species of fish of the family Osmeridae. The fish usually lives in marine and brackish environment, with a wide distribution from North Korea, Sea of Okhotsk to Bering Sea and British Columbia. [2]
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Kelly Ripa is giving fans an update on her family's senior dog, Chewie. After getting emotional during a recent episode of Live with Kelly and Mark over her 17-year-old dog's deteriorating health ...