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Delta Smelt

Hypomesus transpacificus

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist. — (c) smelt_luvr_42069, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in California.

United States	116
California	114
Nevada	2

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

AquaticLives primarily in waterFrom its classification

Classification

Kingdom	Animals · Animalia
Phylum	Chordates · Chordata
Class	Ray-finned Fishes · Actinopterygii
Order	Smelts and Allies · Osmeriformes
Family	Smelts · Osmeridae
Genus	Hypomesus

Sources

Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
How much to rely on each source

Remember the name next time.

Practise Delta Smelt with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.

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