Max length : 32.4 cm TL male/unsexed; common length : 14.9 cm TL male/unsexed; max. published weight: 119 g; max. reported age: 9 years
Pelagic-neritic; anadromous (Ref. 51243); freshwater; brackish; marine; depth range 0 - 290 m
Polar
Distribution
North Pacific: Wonsan, North Korea and the Sea of Okhotsk to Barkley Sound, British Columbia, north to the Bering Sea and the Arctic. Also from the White Sea.
Short description
Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 8 - 11; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 12 - 16; Vertebrae: 63 - 68. Adipose small, sickle shaped. Olive green above, shading to silvery below, a bright clearly bounded longitudinal silvery band, becoming dark in preserved specimens; speckled with black on top of head, chin and upper part of body, more plentifully along mid-dorsal line.
Biology
A schooling species that inhabits lakes or inshore coastal waters. In the spring, it leaves the sea or the lake and ascends freshwater streams to spawn. Some remain in fresh water throughout their lives; those that enter the sea stay within 8 to 10 km of the shore and probably do not stray far along the coast from the estuary. Young-of-the-year feed mostly on copepods and cladocerans, also rotifers, eggs and algae; adults feed on small crustaceans, fishes and shellfish, also squid, worms, and various insects. Feeding virtually ceases during spawning. Possibly found to 425 m depth. Females grow faster, get bigger and live longer than males. Highly esteemed as a food fish ever since white men came to North America. Flesh is firm and tasty.
Common names:
Common name/ Language/ Country
Arktisk smelt Danish -
Arktisk smelt Danish Denmark
Arctische spiering Dutch -
Arctic rainbow smelt English Can Br Colum
Arctic rainbow smelt English Canada
Arctic smelt English -
Arctic smelt English USA
Asiatic smelt English -
Boreal smelt English -
Rainbow smelt English -
Rainbow smelt English Alaska
Rainbow smelt English Can Br Colum
Rainbow smelt English Canada
Rainbow smelt English UK
Rainbow smelt English USA
Aasia meritint Estonian Estonia
Éperlan French -
Éperlan arc-en-ciel French Can Quebec
Eperlan arc-en-ciel French France
Éperlan arctique French -
Éperlan de l'Arctique French -
Asiatischer Stint German -
Asiatischer Stint German Germany
Eperlano Italian -
Sperlano Italian -
Kyûri-uo Japanese Japan
亚洲胡瓜鱼 Mandarin Chinese China Main
亞洲胡瓜魚 Mandarin Chinese China Main
Stynka azjatycka Polish Poland
Eperlano árctico Portuguese -
Eperlano-árctico Portuguese Portugal
корюшка зубастая Russian Russian Fed
огуречник Russian Russian Fed
Kweles Salish Can Br Colum
Eperlano arco iris Spanish Spain
Eperlano ártico Spanish -
Arktisk Nors Swedish Sweden
Regnbågsnors Swedish Sweden
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