Common name of Retropinna tasmanica
 
Common name Tasmanian smelt
Language English
Type Vernacular
Official trade name No
Rank 2 - (Preferred common name (unique))
Country Australia
Locality
Ref. Allen, G.R., 1989
Life stage juveniles and adults
Sex females and males
Core taste/smell
1st modifier locality/area
2nd modifier
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).
 
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