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See also:SMELT (Osmerus eperlanus; Fr. eperlan; Scotch sparling or spirling) , the See also:common small See also:European See also:fish of the genus Osmerus, See also:family Salmonidae . It breeds, unless See also:land-locked, in See also:salt or brackish See also:water, and though it often enters See also:rivers it does not ascend beyond tidal See also:influence . Like other See also:British Salmonids it spawns in See also:winter . The true See also:smelt inhabits the coasts of See also:northern and central See also:Europe, and allied See also:species are known from the See also:Atlantic and Pacific coasts of See also:North See also:America (Osmerus mordax, 0. thaleichthys, 0 . Japonicus) . |
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