Osmeridae

Arctic rainbow smelt

Osmerus dentex

Return to freshwater to spawn

• Polar
• Coastal
• Estuary
• Circumpolar Arctic
• Northern Hemisphere
• Regional distribution
• Arctic Ocean
• Pacific Ocean
• East Asia
• Europe
• Polar regions
• Elongated
• Compressed cross-section
• Medium
• Cold-water fish

Arctic rainbow smelt is a migratory fish from North Pacific and Arctic. It inhabits freshwater habitats. The largest recorded length is 34 cm.