Sitios

Whitebait smelt- Allosmerus elongatus - English
URL: http://www.humboldt.edu/~raf1/fishbook/bony/b5.html

Occasionally found within the bay but more common outside. Preyed upon by a number of marine organisms. Surf smelt- Hypomesus pretiosus, Night smelt- Spirinchus starksi, Longfin smelt- Spirinchus thaleichthys, Eulachon- Thaleichthys pacificus.

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Smelt - English
URL: http://www.hmsc.orst.edu/odfw/devfish/sp/smelt.html

In general, smelt are found in cold coastal, estuarine, and fresh waters of the eastern Pacific, from south or central California to southeast or central Alaska. Knowledge of adult distribution in the ocean is limited. However, smelt are taken as incidental catch in shrimp trawls and can be found as deep as 75 fm. Spawning habitat for surf and night smelt are sandy beaches in intertidal areas.

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Osmeridae - English
URL: http://cichlidresearch.com/fish_html/fosmerid.html

The Family Osmeridae contains these Genera: Allosmerus, Hypomesus, Mallotus, Osmerus, Spirinchus, Thaleichthys, Plecoglossus.

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Stinte (Osmeridae) - German
URL: http://www.murl.nrw.de/sites/fische/familien/fam06.htm

Stinte sind kleine, langgestreckte Fische. Sie bewohnen die Küsten des nördlichen Pazifiks und des Atlantischen Ozeans sowie von Nord- und Ostsee. Einige Arten der Familie kommen auch in Binnengewässern vor. Weltweit lassen sich ca. 10-13 Arten unterscheiden, die sich auf vier Gattungen verteilen.

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Smelts - English
URL: http://elib.cs.berkeley.edu/kopec/tr9/html/fam-smelts.html

Ganssle (1966) recorded five species of osmerids in the Sacramento-San Joaquin estuary. Three of them are marine species: whitebait smelt, Allosmerus elongatus; surf smelt, Hypomesus pretiosus, and night smelt, Spirinchus starksi. Delta smelt, Hypomesus transpacificus, is a euryhaline fish, native to the Sacramento-San Joaquin estuary. These smelts spend most of their life in the freshwater portions of the estuary.

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Family Osmeridae - English
URL: http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/FamilySummary.cfm?ID=80

Anadromous, freshwater (coastal) and marine. Distribution: Northern Hemisphere in Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. No axillary process on pelvics. Pelvic fin rays 8. Principal caudal rays 19; unbranched rays 2. Branchiostegal rays 6-10. Premaxillary and maxillary teeth present.

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InterNevod:Êîðþøêîâûå (Osmeridae) - Russian
URL: http://www.internevod.com/rus/academy/bio/k_fish/osmeridae.shtml

Âñåãî â ñåìåéñòâå êîðþøêîâûõ øåñòü ðîäîâè, ñ 11-13 âèäàìè.  âîäàõ áûâøåãî Ñîâåòñêîãî Ñîþçà îáèòàþò ïðåäñòàâèòåëè ÷åòûðåõ ðîäîâ: êîðþøêè (Osmerus), ìàëîðîòûå êîðþøêè (Hypomesus), ìîéâà (Mallotus), ñïèðèíõè (Spirinchus).

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