Osmeridae

smelt

Osmerus eperlanus

Maxilla reaching posterior eye margin

• Temperate
• Coastal
• Estuary
• Northern Hemisphere
• Regional distribution
• Atlantic Ocean
• Europe
• Elongated
• Medium
• Temperate fish

smelt is a migratory fish of North Atlantic. The species occupies freshwater habitats. The largest recorded length is 45 cm.