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Osmerus mordax (Mitchill, 1814)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
order
Osmeriformes
family
Osmeridae
genus
Osmerus
species
Osmerus mordax

Name

Synonyms
Atherina mordax Mitchill, 1814
Osmerus eperlanus mordax (Mitchill, 1814)
Osmerus mordax mordax
Osmerus sergeanti Norris, 1868
Osmerus viridescens Lesueur, 1818
Homonyms
Osmerus mordax (Mitchill, 1814)
Common names
American Smelt in English
American Smelt in English
American Smelt in English
Atlantic Rainbow Smelt in English
Atlantic Rainbow Smelt in English
Bay Capelin in English
Bay Capelin in English
Bay Caplin in English
Bay Caplin in English
Eperlano americano in Spanish
Freshwater Smelt in English
Freshwater Smelt in English
Freshwater Smelt in English
Frost Fish in English
Frost Fish in English
Ice Fish in English
Lake Herring in English
Leefish in English
Leefish in English
Leefish in English
Ooutside Caplin in English
Ooutside Caplin in English
Outside Capelin in English
Outside Capelin in English
Rainbow Smelt in English
Rainbow Smelt in English
Rainbow Smelt in English
Rainbow Smelt in English
Smelt in English
Smelt in English
Toothed Smelt in English
Toothed Smelt in English
White-fish in English
White-fish in English
amerikankuore in Finnish
koruška severoatlantská in Czech
rainbow smelt in English
rainbow smelt in English
vikertint in Estonian
Éperlan d'Amérique in French
Éperlan d'Amérique in French
éperlan arc-en-ciel in French
éperlan arc-en-ciel in French
éperlan arc-en-ciel in French
Азиатская корюшка in Russian
Американская корюшка in Russian
восточноамериканская корюшка in Russian
キュウリウオ in Japanese
ニジワカサギ in Japanese
Rainbow Smelt in English

Bibliographic References

  1. Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025).
  2. Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025).
  3. Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025).
  4. Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025).
  5. Klein-MacPhee, Grace / Collette, Bruce B., and Grace Klein-MacPhee, eds., 2002: Smelts: Family Osmeridae. Bigelow and Schroeder's Fishes of the Gulf of Maine, Third Edition. 162-170.
  6. Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). 10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4
  7. Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). 10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4
  8. Nelson, Joseph S., Edwin J. Crossman, H. Espinosa-Pérez, L. T. Findley, C. R. Gilbert, et al., eds., 2004: Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States, Canada, and Mexico, Sixth Edition. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 29. ix + 386.
  9. Page, Lawrence M., Katherine E. Bemis, Thomas E. Dowling, Héctor S. Espinosa-Pérez et al., 2023: Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States, Canada, and Mexico, 8th edition. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 37. vii + 439.
  10. Robins, Richard C., Reeve M. Bailey, Carl E. Bond, James R. Brooker, Ernest A. Lachner, et al., 1980: A List of Common and Scientific Names of Fishes from the United States and Canada, Fourth Edition. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 12. 174.
  11. Robins, Richard C., Reeve M. Bailey, Carl E. Bond, James R. Brooker, Ernest A. Lachner, et al., 1991: Common and Scientific Names of Fishes from the United States and Canada, Fifth Edition. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 20. 183.
  12. Scott, W.B.; Scott, M.G. (1988). Atlantic fishes of Canada. <em>Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> No. 219. 731 pp.
  13. Scott, W.B.; Scott, M.G. (1988). Atlantic fishes of Canada. <em>Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> No. 219. 731 pp.
  14. van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374
  15. van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374
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