Osmerus

Osmerus; Temporal range: Thanetian to Present[1]
	Osmerus mordax
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Osmeriformes
Family:	Osmeridae
Genus:	Osmerus; Linnaeus, 1758

Osmerus is a genus of smelt.

Species

There are currently three recognized species in this genus:[2]

Osmerus eperlanus (Linnaeus, 1758) (European smelt)
Osmerus mordax (Mitchill, 1814)
- Osmerus mordax dentex Steindachner & Kner, 1870 (Arctic rainbow smelt)
- Osmerus mordax mordax (Mitchill, 1814) (Rainbow smelt)
Osmerus spectrum Cope, 1870 (Pygmy smelt)

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Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363: 1–560. Retrieved 2007-12-25.
Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Osmerus in FishBase. February 2012 version.

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