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whitebait smelt

Allosmerus elongatus

Classification

Family
Osmeridae

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. Originally described as both Osmerus attenuatus and O.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Canada · 129United States of America · 10