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WoRMS taxon details

Osmeridae 
AphiaID: 125513

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Osmeriformes (Order)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Family
Parent Osmeriformes
Sources  basis of record: van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source: Eschmeyer, W.: Catalog of fishes; California Academy of Sciences, department Ichtyology., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]

Vernacular
Names		 
Language   Name 
English smelts  [details]
Norwegian BokmÃ¥l loddefamilien  [details]
Norwegian Nynorsk loddefamilien  [details]
Swedish norsfiskar  [details]
Direct child
taxa
[show all]		 Genus Allosmerus
Genus Hypomesus Gill, 1862
Genus Mallotus Cuvier, 1829
Genus Osmerus Linnaeus, 1758
Genus Spirinchus
Genus Thaleichthys

Genus Eperlanus Rutty, 1772 accepted as Osmerus Linnaeus, 1758
Genus Eperlanus Gaimard, 1851 accepted as Osmerus Linnaeus, 1758
Genus Eperlanus Basilewsky, 1855 accepted as Protosalanx Regan, 1908
Genus Mesopus accepted as Hypomesus Gill, 1862
Environment marine
Links To GenBank
To ITIS
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:125513
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  van der Land, Jacob
  
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  Citation: WoRMS (2013). Osmeridae. In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=125513 on 2013-05-20
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