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Allosmerus elongatus (Ayres, 1854)

Description

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9 - 11; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 14 - 17; Vertebrae: 65 - 67. Adipose fin small, directed backward (Ref. 6885). Color pale greenish, almost colorless, a sharply marked silvery stripe along side (Ref. 6885).

Common Names

  • Whitebait smelt , English , Canada
  • Whitebait smelt , English , USA
  • Whitebait smelt , English , Global
  • Allosmer , Estonian , Estonia
  • 异胡瓜鱼 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 異胡瓜魚 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • Stynka smukla , Polish , Poland

    • Taxonomic Hierarchy

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Chordata

    Class: Teleostei

    Order: Osmeriformes

    Family: Osmeridae

    Genus: Allosmerus

    Species: Allosmerus elongatus (Ayres, 1854)

    Climate Zone

  • Temperate

    • Location

  • Eastern Pacific: Vancouver Island, Canada to San Francisco, California, USA.

    • Biology

    Occurs in coastal waters (Ref. 2850). Abundant in bays (Ref. 2850). Forms schools (Ref. 2850). Important food for larger fishes (Ref. 2850). Spawns in subtidal banks (Ref. 2850).

    Habitat

    demersal