Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Superclass Gnathostomata > Superclass Pisces > Class Actinopterygii > Order Osmeriformes > Family Osmeridae > Genus Osmerus

Osmerus eperlanus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Salmo Linnaeus, 1758

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Osmerus*	Linnaeus, 1758	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Salmo eperlanus*	Linnaeus, 1758	objective synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Bokmål (Norwegian): krøkle sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Danish: smelt sources: Davidson, A. (2001). North Atlantic fish cookbook [Noord-Atlantisch viskookboek]. Scepter: Bussum, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-72653-14-9. 556 pp.

Dutch: spiering

English: smelt; sparling sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points;Davidson, A. (2001). North Atlantic fish cookbook [Noord-Atlantisch viskookboek]. Scepter: Bussum, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-72653-14-9. 556 pp.

English-United States: Smelt sources: Charles Hussey

Finnish: kuore sources: Davidson, A. (2001). North Atlantic fish cookbook [Noord-Atlantisch viskookboek]. Scepter: Bussum, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-72653-14-9. 556 pp.

French: eperlan sources: Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.

German: Europäischer Stint; Stint sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Lithuanian: stinta sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian: krøkle sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Bokmål: krøkle

Norwegian Nynorsk: krøkle

Nynorsk (Norwegian): krøkle sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Polish: stynka sources: Davidson, A. (2001). North Atlantic fish cookbook [Noord-Atlantisch viskookboek]. Scepter: Bussum, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-72653-14-9. 556 pp.

Russian: korjuszka sources: Davidson, A. (2001). North Atlantic fish cookbook [Noord-Atlantisch viskookboek]. Scepter: Bussum, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-72653-14-9. 556 pp.

Slovenian: snetec sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Spanish, Castillian: eperlan; eperlano sources: de Groot, B.; Dijkema, R.; Redant, F. (1988). Fish, shells and shellfish: an illustrated guide with descriptions, supply times and recipes of more than 400 sea and freshwater species [Vis, schelp- en schaaldieren: een geïllustreerde gids met de beschrijvingen, aanvoertijden en bereidingswijzen van ruim 400 soorten uit zee en zoet water]. Spectrum: Utrecht, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-274-20203. 180 pp.;PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Swedish: nors sources: Davidson, A. (2001). North Atlantic fish cookbook [Noord-Atlantisch viskookboek]. Scepter: Bussum, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-72653-14-9. 556 pp.

Turkish: çamuka balığı sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Ukrainian: корюшка sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Welsh: brwyniad Conwy

Literature

original description	Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ii, 824 pp.
basis of record	van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 357-374
additional source	Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.
additional source	FishBase, version december 2007
additional source	FishBase, version may 2009
additional source	FishBase, version october 2012
additional source	Dyntaxa (2013) Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013].
additional source	Eschmeyer, W.: Catalog of fishes; California Academy of Sciences, department Ichtyology.

Taxon found in 627 publications.

5 specimens with barcodes

Genbank

Link to Genbank

Taxonomy

FishBase
WoRMS

External Links

GenBank (70 nucleotides; 47 proteins)
FishBase
Barcode of Life (13 barcodes)
Biodiversity Heritage Library (428 publications)
Marine Life Information Network - UK
GBIF
GBIF

Citation

Bailly, N. (2014). Osmerus eperlanus (Linnaeus, 1758). In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2014) FishBase. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126736

Dr Jorg Freyhof. Osmerus eperlanus (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=304659