Smelt

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Smelt may refer to:

• Smelting, chemical process
• The common name of various fish
  • Smelt (fish), a family of small fish, Osmeridae
  • Australian smelt in the family Retropinnidae and species Retropinna semoni
  • Big-scale sand smelt Atherina boyeri
  • Deep-sea smelts in the family Bathylagidae
  • Great Lakes smelts (North American) in the family Osmeridae and genera Allosmerus (also called whitebait smelt), Hypomesus, Mallotus, Osmerus, Spirinchus and Thaleichthys
  • Herring smelt of the family Argentinidae
  • Mediterranean sand smelt, Atherina hepsetus
  • New Zealand smelt in the family Retropinnidae and species Retropinna retropinna
  • some species in Silverside family Atherinidae
  • Smelt-whitings in the family Sillaginidae
  • Whitebait smelts (North American) in the family Osmeridae and genera: Allosmerus, Hypomesus and Mallotus

See also

• All pages beginning with "smelt"
• All pages with titles containing smelt
• Melt (disambiguation)