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Osmerus dentex  Steindachner and Kner, 1870
Taxonomic Serial No.: 162045

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Osmerus mordax dentex Steindachner and Kner, 1870
  
  Common Name(s): éperlan du Pacifique [French]
  
    Pacific Rainbow Smelt [English]
  
       
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 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 Regan, 1913 – smelts, capellanes, éperlans  
                                        GenusOsmerus Linnaeus, 1758 – rainbow smelts  
                                           SpeciesOsmerus dentex Steindachner and Kner, 1870 – éperlan du Pacifique, Pacific Rainbow Smelt  
       

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  Source: Catalog of Fishes, 17-Mar-2003, website (version 13-Mar-03)  
  Acquired: 2003   
  Notes: http://www.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/   
  Reference for: Osmerus dentex   
       
  Source: Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes, 13-Jan-2026, website (version 13-Jan-26)  
  Acquired: 2026   
  Notes: Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & van der Laan, R. (eds) 2026. ESCHMEYER'S CATALOG OF FISHES: GENERA, SPECIES, REFERENCES. (https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp). Electronic version accessed 16 Jan 2026   
  Reference for: Osmerus dentex   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
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  Reference for: Osmerus dentex   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Page, Lawrence M., Katherine E. Bemis, Thomas E. Dowling, Héctor S. Espinosa-Pérez et al.   
  Publication Date: 2023   
  Article/Chapter Title: Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States, Canada, and Mexico, 8th edition   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 37   
  Page(s): vii + 439   
  Publisher: American Fisheries Society   
  Publication Place: Bethesda, Maryland, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 9781934874691, 0097-0638  
  Notes: doi: 10.47886/9781934874691   
  Reference for: Osmerus dentex, éperlan du Pacifique [French], Pacific Rainbow Smelt [English]   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Steindachner, F., and R. Kner   
  Publication Date: 1870   
  Article/Chapter Title: Über einige Pleuronectiden, Salmoniden, Gadoiden und Blenniiden aus de Decastris-Bay und von Viti-Levu   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematische-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe, vol. 61   
  Page(s): 421-446   
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  Notes: Available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35520656   
  Reference for: original description   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: East Pacific  
    Indo-West Pacific  
    North America  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin: Alaska, Native  
    Canada, Native  
 

 

    

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