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Osmerus eperlanus
Osmerus eperlanus, the European smelt (sparling), is a small anadromous osmerid fish from the White Sea to the Gironde estuary, with landlocked lake populations; spawns February to May, reaches 45 cm, IUCN least concern but ICES data deficient.
Osmerus mordax
Osmerus mordax, the rainbow smelt, is a small anadromous or landlocked Osmeridae fish of northeastern North America, introduced widely as forage, commercially harvested, with endangered Lake Utopia populations.
Plecoglossus altivelis
Plecoglossus altivelis, the ayu or ayu sweetfish (Korean 은어), an amphidromous osmeriform fish of the family Plecoglossidae native to Japan, Korea, Taiwan, and China; IUCN Data Deficient, decreasing; major Japanese fishery and aquaculture species.
Salangichthys microdon
Salangichthys microdon (Japanese icefish, shirauo, シラウオ) is a small translucent noodlefish (Salangidae, Osmeriformes) of the Northwest Pacific, up to 10 cm, living in brackish estuaries and lakes and fished commercially; IUCN Least Concern.
Stenodus leucichthys
Stenodus leucichthys, the inconnu, sheefish, or beloribitsa (белорыбица), is the largest coregonine whitefish (Salmonidae), with a Caspian subspecies extinct in the wild and a Holarctic nelma form from Russia to northwest Canada.