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Alan Davidson

Smelt, Rainbow Smelt, Sparling

Osmerus eperlanus Linnaeus

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North Atlantic Seafood

By Alan Davidson

Published 1980

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Family Osmeridae

  • French: Eperlan
  • Dutch: Spiering
  • German: Stint
  • Polish: Stynka
  • Russian: Korjuszka
  • Finnish: Kuore
  • Swedish: Nors
  • Norwegian: Krøkle
  • Danish: Smelt

REMARKS Maximum length 45 cm, usual length about 20 cm. The back is a light olive-green. A silvery stripe runs along the side and the belly is creamy white. The species occurs in the Baltic, round the British Isles and in the Bay of Biscay. It tolerates water of low salinity; indeed there are some landlocked freshwater populations.

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