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Osmeridae 
Taxonomic Serial No.: 162028

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Family  
  Synonym(s): Plecoglossidae
 
  Common Name(s): smelts [English]
  
    capellanes [Spanish]
  
    éperlans [French]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2003   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassActinopterygii  – ray-finned fishes, spiny rayed fishes, poisson épineux, poissons à nageoires rayonnées  
                      ClassTeleostei   
                         SuperorderProtacanthopterygii   
                            OrderOsmeriformes  – argentines, éperlans, argentines, smelts  
                               SuborderOsmeroidei   
                                  SuperfamilyOsmeroidea   
                                     FamilyOsmeridae  – smelts, capellanes, éperlans  
    Direct Children:  
                                        GenusAllosmerus Hubbs, 1925  
                                        GenusHypomesus Gill, 1862 – smallmouth smelts 
                                        GenusMallotus Cuvier, 1829 – capelins 
                                        GenusOsmerus Linnaeus, 1758 – rainbow smelts 
                                        GenusPlecoglossus Temminck and Schlegel, 1846 – ayu 
                                        GenusSpirinchus Jordan and Evermann, 1896 – longfin smelts 
                                        GenusThaleichthys Girard, 1858 – eulachons 
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Wayne C. Starnes   
  Notes: Research Curator of Fishes, North Carolina State Museum of Natural Sciences, Research Laboratory, 4301 Reedy Creek Rd., Raleigh, NC, 27607, USA   
  Reference for: Osmeridae    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: Nelson, 1978, database (version 1)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: smelts[English]   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Osmeridae   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, A. L. Gardner, and W. C. Starnes   
  Publication Date: 2003   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada   
  Page(s):    
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  Notes: As-yet (2003) unpublished manuscript from 1998   
  Reference for: Osmeridae   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Matsuura, Keiichi   
  Publication Date: 2015   
  Article/Chapter Title: Taxonomy and systematics of tetraodontiform fishes: a review   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Ichthyological Research, vol. 62, no. 1   
  Page(s): 72-113   
  Publisher:    
  Publication Place:    
  ISBN/ISSN: 1616-3915   
  Notes: doi: 10.1007/s10228-014-0444-5   
  Reference for: Osmeridae   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Nelson, Joseph S.   
  Publication Date: 1994   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Fishes of the World, Third Edition   
  Page(s): xvii + 600   
  Publisher: John Wiley and Sons   
  Publication Place: New York, New York, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-471-54713-1   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Osmeridae   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Nelson, Joseph S., Edwin J. Crossman, H. Espinosa-Pérez, L. T. Findley, C. R. Gilbert, et al., eds.   
  Publication Date: 2004   
  Article/Chapter Title: Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States, Canada, and Mexico, Sixth Edition   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 29   
  Page(s): ix + 386   
  Publisher: American Fisheries Society   
  Publication Place: Bethesda, Maryland, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-888569-61-1, 0097-0638  
  Notes: Full author list: Nelson, Joseph S., Edwin J. Crossman, Héctor Espinosa-Pérez, Lloyd T. Findley, Carter R. Gilbert, Robert N. Lea, and James D. Williams   
  Reference for: capellanes[Spanish], éperlans [French], smelts [English]   
       

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