Common name | Deepsea smelt |
Language | English |
Type | FAO old |
Official trade name | No |
Rank | 4 - (Less common name) |
Country | Global |
Locality | |
Ref. | FAO-FIDI, 2006 |
Life stage | juveniles and adults |
Sex | females and males |
Core | taste/smell |
1st modifier | habitat/ecology |
2nd modifier | |
Remarks | 'smelt', i.e., used to refer to any of the salmonid species of the genus Osmerus with delicate oily flesh, distinctive oder and taste (p. 1113 from Ref. 11978); etymologically, 'smelt' from Old English 'melt' borrowed from Middle Low German 'melt-' from Indo-European 'meld-, mold-, mld-' (p. 344 in Ref. 11979). Also Ref. 4931. |