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Osmerus
Linnaeus, 1758
(fish)
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Osmeridae (Family) - smelts
..Allosmerus (Genus)
..†Enoplophthalmus (Genus)
..Hypomesus (Genus)
..Mallotus (Genus)
..Spirinchus (Genus)
..Thaleichthys (Genus)
..Osmerus (Genus)
....Osmerus eperlanus (Species) - European smelt
....Osmerus mordax (Species)
....Osmerus spectrum (Species) - pigmy smelt
Authorship
SN2000 author citation
:
(C. Linnaeus, 1758) Forskål, 1775, nom. cons.
Original name
:
Linnaeus, C. 1758.
Syst. Nat.
(ed. 10)
1
: 310.
Subsequent rank (orig. spell.)
:
Forskål, P. 1775.
Descr. Anim.
: XIX.
Subsequent publication
:
de Lacepède, B.G.E. 1803.
Hist. Nat. Poiss.
5
: 229.
Attributes
Conserved name (nom. cons. [prop.]) [ICZN, 1999: Art. 81.1]
Ref:
[Anonymous], (2012)
: 532 (Opinion 77, Direction 69).
Types
Type of
:
Osmeridae
(Family)
Regan, 1913
Ref:
R. Fricke et al. (eds.), 2021
: 20 May 2025; [<11 Jun 2025].
[inferred]
Type of
:
Osmerinae
(Subfamily)
Regan, 1913
Type of
:
Osmerini
(Tribe)
Regan, 1913
Type of
:
Osmeroidea
(Superfamily)
Regan, 1913
Type of
:
Osmeroidei
(Suborder)
Weitzman, 1967
Variants
Unavailable name
:
Osmerus
(Genus)
nom. inval.
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