Common name | Lesser silver smelt |
Language | English |
Type | Vernacular |
Official trade name | No |
Rank | 3 - (Other common name) |
Country | Spain |
Locality | |
Ref. | Sánchez, F., F. de la Gándara and R. Gancedo, 1995 |
Life stage | juveniles and adults |
Sex | females and males |
Core | taste/smell |
1st modifier | color pattern(s) |
2nd modifier | mod. for size |
Remarks | 'smelt', i.e., used to refer to any of the salmonid species of the genus Osmerus with delicate oily flesh, distinctive oder and taste (p. 1113 from Ref. 11978); etymologically, 'smelt' from Old English 'melt' borrowed from Middle Low German 'melt-' from Indo-European 'meld-, mold-, mld-' (p. 344 in Ref. 11979). |