Allosmerus
| Whitebait smelt | |
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| Illustration of a pond smelt | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Galaxiiformes |
| Family: | Galaxiidae |
| Genus: | Allosmerus C. L. Hubbs, 1925 |
| Species: | A. elongatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Allosmerus elongatus (Ayres, 1854)
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Allosmerus is a
anal fin.[3]
Their
sandbanks and swim in schools.[3] The fish has fairly minor economic importance; it serves as food for larger fish, and is netted by some fishermen during the spring and summer to be used as bait.[3][4]
References
- ISBN 978-0-520-22754-5.
- ^ McAllister DE (1963). "A revision of the smelt family, Osmeridae". National Museum of Canada Bulletin. 191. Department of National Affairs and National Resources: 29–31.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-618-00212-2.
- ISBN 978-0-8050-0733-6.
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