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night smelt

Spirinchus starksi

Classification

Family
Osmeridae

The Night smelt (Spirinchus starksi) is a true smelt of the northern family Osmeridae and part of the larger order Osmeriformes. The family of the true smelt consists of 12 species; 7 of which are native to California's estuary and coastal waters. The night smelt is one of the three extant (still existing) species in the Spirinchus genus, along with the Longfin Smelt (Spirinchus thaleichthys) and the shishamo (Spirinchus lanceolatus), native to northern Japan.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
United States of America · 4Canada · 1