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Osmerus mordax mordax (Mitchill, 1814) 
AphiaID: 293649

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Osmeriformes (Order) > Osmeridae (Family) > Osmerus (Genus) > Osmerus mordax (Species)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Subspecies
Parent Osmerus mordax (Mitchill, 1814) accepted as Osmerus mordax mordax (Mitchill, 1814)
Synonymised
taxa		  Atherina mordax Mitchill, 1814
 Osmerus mordax (Mitchill, 1814)
Sources  additional source: FishBase, version december 2007, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details]

additional source: FishBase, version may 2009 [details]

additional source: FishBase, version october 2012 [details]

from synonym: 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] [view taxon]

from synonym: Scott, W.B. and M.G. Scott. 1988. Atlantic fishes of Canada. Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences No. 219. 731 p. [details] [view taxon]

Vernacular
Names		 
Language   Name 
English rainbow smelt (from synonym)  [details]
French éperlan arc-en-ciel (from synonym)  [details]
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution Beaufort Sea (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
British Columbia (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Canadian Exclusive Economic Zone [Pacific part] (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Canadian part of the Arctic Ocean (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Coastal Waters of Southeast Alaska and British Columbia (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
European waters (ERMS scope) (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
FAO fishing area 67 (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Gulf of Maine (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Gulf of St. Lawrence (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Hudson Bay (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
North East Pacific (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
North Pacific (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
North West Atlantic (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
North West Territories (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Links To Barcode of Life (3 barcodes)
To FishBase
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To ITIS
Images 
Osmerus mordax, Rainbow smelt (éperlan)
[image from synonym]
Osmerus mordax, Rainbow smelt (éperlan)
added on 2010-07-19 - author: Nozères, Claude
qualitystatus: not checked

Osmerus mordax - juvenile rainbow smelt
[image from synonym]
Osmerus mordax - juvenile rainbow smelt
added on 2011-01-03 - author: Nozères, Claude ()
qualitystatus: not checked
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:293649
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2008-02-18 09:17:38Z  created  Decock, Wim
2009-06-16 07:05:49Z  changed  Bailly, Nicolas
  
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  Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Osmerus mordax mordax (Mitchill, 1814). 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=293649 on 2013-05-23
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