Osmerus

Osmerus is a genus of smelt.

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GENUS

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassTeleostei
OrderOsmeriformes
FamilyOsmeridae

Habitatmarine, brackish, freshwater

Observations recorded234,560

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Museum specimens

Specimen records: 80
With media: 8
Family: Osmeridae
Collections: NHMUK, USNM, CAS, MSB, CMN, OS
Recorded in: United Kingdom, United States, Canada, Netherlands

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Instance of: taxon
Parent taxon: Osmeridae
Image: Osmerus mordax.jpg

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Commons category: Osmerus
taxon name: Osmerus
taxon rank: genus
topic's main category: Category:Osmerus
described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
temporal range start: Thanetian

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Osmerus is a genus of smelt.

==Species== There are currently three recognized species in this genus: Osmerus dentex (Steindachner & Kner, 1870) (Pacific rainbow smelt) Osmerus eperlanus (Linnaeus, 1758) (European smelt) Osmerus mordax (Mitchill, 1814) Osmerus mordax dentex Steindachner & Kner, 1870 (Arctic rainbow smelt) Osmerus mordax mordax (Mitchill, 1814) (Rainbow smelt) The Pygmy smelt Osmerus spectrum described by Edward Drinker Cope in 1870 is a synonym of O. mordax. Fossil species Osmerus albyi Sauvage, 1870 (Messinian of Italy) Osmerus glarisianus Agassiz, 1842 (Oligocene of Czechia & Romania) Osmerus larteti Sauvage, 1870 (Messinian of Italy) Osmerus propterygius Sauvage, 1870 (Messinian of Italy) Osmerus stilpnos Sauvage, 1870 (Messinian of Italy)

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