Delta Smelt

Hypomesus transpacificus

Classification

Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Osmeriformes
Family: Osmeridae

The delta smelt (Hypomesus transpacificus) is an endangered slender-bodied smelt, about 5 to 7 cm (2. 0 to 2. 8 in) long, in the family Osmeridae.

Distribution

Delta Smelt — (c) Pacific Southwest Region U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

United States of America · 17

Sources and credits

Photo(c) Pacific Southwest Region U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY DescriptionDelta smelt, Wikipedia contributors

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