''Osmerus'' is a genus of
smelt
Smelt may refer to:
* Smelting, chemical process
* The common name of various fish:
** Smelt (fish), a family of small fish, Osmeridae
** Australian smelt in the family Retropinnidae and species ''Retropinna semoni''
** Big-scale sand smelt ''At ...
.
Species
There are currently four recognized species in this genus:
* ''
Osmerus eperlanus
''Osmerus'' is a genus of smelt.
Species
There are currently four recognized species in this genus:
* '' Osmerus eperlanus'' (Linnaeus, 1758) (European smelt)
* '' Osmerus mordax'' (Mitchill, 1814)
** '' Osmerus mordax dentex'' Steindachner & ...
''
(Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus (23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné,#Blunt, Blunt (2004), p. 171. was a Swedish biologist and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the modern system of naming o ...
, 1758
Events
January–March
* January 1 – Swedish biologist Carl Linnaeus (Carl von Linné) publishes in Stockholm the first volume (''Animalia'') of the 10th edition of ''Systema Naturae'', the starting point of modern zoologic ...
) (European smelt)
* ''
Osmerus mordax
The rainbow smelt (''Osmerus mordax'') is a North American species of fish of the family Osmeridae. Walleye, trout, and other larger fish prey on these smelt. The rainbow smelt prefer juvenile ciscoes, zooplankton such as calanoid copepods ('' ...
''
(Mitchill, 1814)
** ''
Osmerus mordax dentex
''Osmerus'' is a genus of smelt.
Species
There are currently four recognized species in this genus:
* ''Osmerus eperlanus'' (Linnaeus, 1758) (European smelt)
* ''Osmerus mordax'' (Mitchill, 1814)
** '' Osmerus mordax dentex'' Steindachner & K ...
''
Steindachner
Franz Steindachner (11 November 1834 in Vienna – 10 December 1919 in Vienna) was an Austrian zoologist, ichthyologist, and herpetologist. He published over 200 papers on fishes and over 50 papers on reptiles and amphibians. Steindachner descri ...
& Kner, 1870 (Arctic rainbow smelt)
** ''
Osmerus mordax mordax
''Osmerus'' is a genus of smelt.
Species
There are currently four recognized species in this genus:
* ''Osmerus eperlanus'' (Linnaeus, 1758) (European smelt)
* ''Osmerus mordax'' (Mitchill, 1814)
** ''Osmerus mordax dentex'' Steindachner & Kn ...
''
( Mitchill, 1814) (Rainbow smelt)
* ''
Osmerus spectrum''
Cope
A cope ( ("rain coat") or ("cape")) is a liturgical long mantle or cloak, open at the front and fastened at the breast with a band or clasp. It may be of any liturgical colour.
A cope may be worn by any rank of the Catholic or Anglican clerg ...
, 1870
* ''
Osmerus dentex''
(Steindachner
Franz Steindachner (11 November 1834 in Vienna – 10 December 1919 in Vienna) was an Austrian zoologist, ichthyologist, and herpetologist. He published over 200 papers on fishes and over 50 papers on reptiles and amphibians. Steindachner descri ...
& Kner, 1870) (Pacific rainbow smelt)
References
Extant Thanetian first appearances
Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus
Ray-finned fish genera
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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