Common name |
Atlantic rainbow smelt |
Language |
English |
Type |
AFS old |
Official trade name |
No |
Rank |
1 - (Legal common name (unique)) |
Country |
United States (contiguous states) |
Locality |
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Ref. |
Robins, C.R., R.M. Bailey, C.E. Bond, J.R. Brooker, E.A. Lachner, R.N. Lea and W.B. Scott, 1980 |
Life stage |
juveniles and adults |
Sex |
females and males |
Core |
taste/smell |
1st modifier |
color pattern(s) |
2nd modifier |
locality/area |
Remarks |
'smelt', i.e., used to refer to any of the salmonid species of the genus Osmerus with delicate oily flesh, distinctive oder and taste (p. 1113 from Ref. 11978); etymologically, 'smelt' from Old English 'melt' borrowed from Middle Low German 'melt-' from Indo-European 'meld-, mold-, mld-' (p. 344 in Ref. 11979). |