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Osmerus spectrum Cope, 1870
PIGMY SMELT
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Osmerus spectrum Cope , 1870

Pigmy smelt Upload your photos  and  videos
Pictures | Google image Image of Osmerus spectrum (Pigmy smelt) Osmerus spectrum
Picture by Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa, Canada

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes( genus , species ) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Osmeriformes (Freshwater smelts) > Osmeridae (Smelts)
Etymology: Osmerus: Greek, osme = odorous; similar to freshly cut cucumbers (Ref. 45335 ) .
More on author: Cope .

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Freshwater; benthopelagic. Temperate; 59°N - 37°N

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North America: Heney Lake in southern Quebec, Lake Utopia in southern New Brunswick in Canada, Wilton Pond and Green Lake in southern Maine, USA. Introduced into Meach and Ouimet lakes in southern Quebec. May be present in other lakes in eastern Canada and New England, USA.

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Maturity: L m   ?   range ? - ? cm
Max length : 17.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. )

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Lives in small, deep, thermally stratified lakes. When this species occurs with Osmerus mordax , it usually spawns later in the year, feeds on smaller food items, grows more slowly, matures earlier in life, and has a shorter life span.

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Page, L.M. and B.M. Burr , 1991. A field guide to freshwater fishes of North America north of Mexico. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston. 432 p. (Ref. 5723 )

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435 )

    Not Evaluated  

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361 )

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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Estimates based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804 ):  PD 50 = 0.5625   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00372 (0.00182 - 0.00758), b=3.17 (2.99 - 3.35), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245 ). Trophic level (Ref. 69278 ):  3.4   ±0.45 se; based on food items. Resilience (Ref. 120179 ):  High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.). Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153 ):  Low vulnerability (10 of 100).

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