osmeridae pond smelt
Hypomesus olidus (Pallas, 1814)
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Illustrations of Hypomesus pretiosus (surf smelt) and Hypomesus olidus (pond smelt), labelled as California Surf Smelt and Alaska Surf Smelt, respectively.
Surf_Smelt,_Pond_smelt.jpg: Drawing by H. L. Todd, NOAA's Historic Fisheries Collection derivative work: ManfromButtonwillow (talk) · Public domain · Image sourceProvider-generated thumbnail requested at 800 pixels; no local editing Local WebP display rendition; resized without cropping.
Open encyclopedia reference
The pond smelt (Hypomesus olidus) is a fresh and brackish water species of smelt. It is found in the East Asia (eastern Siberia, northeast China, Korea, Hokkaido) and the northwestern North America (Alaska, northwestern Canada). It can grow to 20 cm (7.9 in) total length.
Wikipedia contributors, Pond smelt; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T09:03:53.448541+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Hypomesus olidus (Pallas, 1814)
- Name authority
- (Pallas, 1814)
- Common name
- osmeridae pond smelt
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Osmeriformes
- Family
- Osmeridae
- Genus
- Hypomesus
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: yes · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- orderOsmeriformes
- suborderOsmeroidei
- familyOsmeridae Regan, 1913
- genusHypomesus Gill, 1862
- speciesHypomesus olidus (Pallas, 1814)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Hypomesus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese smeltHypomesus nipponensis McAllister, 1963 | OsmeridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| surf smeltHypomesus pretiosus (Girard, 1854) | OsmeridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| delta smeltHypomesus transpacificus McAllister, 1963 | OsmeridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Shishamo marine smeltHypomesus japonicus (Brevoort, 1856) | OsmeridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Hypomesus sakhalinus Hamada, 1957 Hamada, 1957 | synonym |
| Hypomesus olidus drjagini Taranetz, 1936 Taranetz, 1936 | synonym |
| Hypomesus olidus bergi Taranetz, 1936 Taranetz, 1936 | synonym |
| Mesopus olidus (Pallas, 1814) (Pallas, 1814) | synonym |
| Salmo olidus Pallas, 1814 Pallas, 1814 | synonym |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=254556 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:3NXDB. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.