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Night Smelt

Spirinchus starksi

13 observations in the source records

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
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6 photos

Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.

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What the records say

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.January 8, February 7, March 7, April 9, May 9, June 6, July 5, August 6, September 7, October 7, November 9, December 7.
United States107
California87
Canada22
British Columbia22
Washington11
Oregon9

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

Traits

Physical

  • AquaticLives primarily in waterFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassRay-finned Fishes · Actinopterygii
OrderSmelts and Allies · Osmeriformes
FamilySmelts · Osmeridae
GenusSpirinchus

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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