Description

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Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9 - 11; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 16 - 20; Vertebrae: 52 - 57. Vomer without posterior process; periphery of glossohyal bone with single row of conical teeth, central part toothless; pyloric caeca 4(2-5); base of adipose fin more than 20% of head length; eye large; adipose eyelid poorly developed.

Common Names

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Deltasmelt , Danish , Denmark

Delta Smelt , English , UK

Delta smelt , English , USA

Kääbus-väikesuutint , Estonian , Estonia

越洋公魚 , Mandarin Chinese , China

越洋公鱼 , Mandarin Chinese , China

корюшка малая , Russian , Russia

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Osmeriformes

Family: Osmeridae

Genus: Hypomesus

Species: Hypomesus transpacificus McAllister, 1963

Climate Zone

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Temperate

Location

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Biology

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Adults occur in open brackish and freshwater of large channels. Diet consists of zooplankton (Ref. 33312).

Habitat

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brackish