pond smelt

Hypomesus olidus

Fish Reaching Twenty Centimeters in Northeast Pacific

Coastal
Estuary
Circumpolar Arctic
Northern Hemisphere
Regional distribution
Pacific Ocean
East Asia
Europe
North America
Polar regions
Elongated
Medium

pond smelt is known around Arctic, Northwest to Northeast Pacific as a migratory fish; It occurs in coastal waters, and the largest recorded length is 20 cm.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Smelts and Allies
Family: Osmeridae
Genus: Hypomesus
Maximum length: 20 cm
Body shape: elongated
Distribution: Arctic, Northwest to Northeast Pacific: drainages from Rae River (Coronation Gulf) and Great Bear Lake in Northwest Territories, Canada to Copper River in Alaska (Ref. 33312 ). Also rivers, estuaries and coastal waters of European and Siberian shores of Artic Ocean, from Kara drainage to Chukotka in eastern Siberia and to Korea and Hokkaido in Japan (Ref. 59043 ).
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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