PHYLUM: Chordata; CLASS: Osteichthyes; SUPERORDER: Teleostei
FAMILY: Osmeridae
GENUS: Unknown; SPECIES: unknown
(There are numerous genera and species of Osmeridae (smelts) in coastal British Columbia. Their babies have not all been described. The unknown form that was collected and drawn from Barkley Sound collections is included here).

Position of Unidentified Smelt 1 in worldwide arrangement of fish species.

What are SMELT?
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