whitebait smelt

Allosmerus elongatus

From Vancouver waters to San Francisco

White
Temperate
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Pacific Ocean
North America
Medium
Temperate fish

Allosmerus is a monotypic genus of smelt. Its sole species, Allosmerus elongatus, the whitebait smelt, is an uncommon Northeast Pacific smelt, about which little is known. Originally described as both Osmerus attenuatus and O. elongatus, these two species were determined to be conspecific in 1946.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Smelts and Allies
Family: Osmeridae
Genus: Allosmerus
Water type: Marine