Smelt may refer to: *

Smelting Smelting is a process of applying heat to ore, to extract a base metal. It is a form of extractive metallurgy. It is used to extract many metals from their ores, including silver, iron, copper, and other base metals. Smelting uses heat and a ch ...

, chemical process * The common name of various fish: **

Smelt (fish) Smelts are a family of small fish, the Osmeridae, found in the North Atlantic and North Pacific Oceans, as well as rivers, streams and lakes in Europe, North America and Northeast Asia. They are also known as freshwater smelts or typical smelts ...

, a family of small fish, Osmeridae ** Australian smelt in the family Retropinnidae and species ''Retropinna semoni'' **

Big-scale sand smelt The big-scale sand smelt (''Atherina boyeri'') is a species of fish in the family Atherinidae. It is a euryhaline amphidromous fish, up to 20 cm in length. Description It is a small pelagic fish species which occurs near the surface in th ...

''Atherina boyeri'' **

Deep-sea smelt The deep-sea smelts are any members of the family Bathylagidae, a distinct group of marine smelts. Deep-sea smelts are marine fishes found in deep waters throughout the oceans, down to in depth. They are small fishes, growing up to long. They ...

s in the family Bathylagidae **

Great Lakes smelts Smelts are a family of small fish, the Osmeridae, found in the North Atlantic and North Pacific Oceans, as well as rivers, streams and lakes in Europe, North America and Northeast Asia. They are also known as freshwater smelts or typical smelts ...

(North American) in the family Osmeridae and genera '' Allosmerus'' (also called whitebait smelt), ''

Hypomesus ''Hypomesus'' is a genus of smelts (Osmeridae), consisting of five species found in the northern hemisphere. Species There are currently five recognized species in this genus: * ''Hypomesus japonicus'' ( Brevoort, 1856) * '' Hypomesus nipponens ...

'', '' Mallotus'', ''

Osmerus ''Osmerus'' is a genus of smelt. Species There are currently three recognized species in this genus: * ''Osmerus eperlanus'' (Linnaeus, 1758) (European smelt) * ''Osmerus mordax'' (Mitchill, 1814) ** '' Osmerus mordax dentex'' Steindachner & ...

'', ''

Spirinchus ''Spirinchus'' is a genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and be ...

'' and '' Thaleichthys'' **

Herring smelt The herring smelts or argentines are a family, Argentinidae, of marine smelts. They are similar in appearance to smelts (family Osmeridae) but have much smaller mouths. They are found in oceans throughout the world. They are small fishes, grow ...

of the family Argentinidae **

Mediterranean sand smelt The Mediterranean sand smelt, ''Atherina hepsetus'', is a species of fish in the family Atherinidae. Description The body is rather long, slender and moderately flattened. The mouth is protrusible, directed upward with small teeth; the head and ...

, ''Atherina hepsetus'' ** New Zealand smelt in the family Retropinnidae and species ''Retropinna retropinna'' ** some species in Silverside family Atherinidae **

Smelt-whiting The Sillaginidae, commonly known as the smelt-whitings, whitings, sillaginids, sand borers and sand-smelts, are a family of benthic coastal marine fish in the order Perciformes. The smelt-whitings inhabit a wide region covering much of the Indo- ...

s in the family Sillaginidae **

Whitebait smelt ''Allosmerus'' is a monotypic genus of smelt. Its sole species, ''Allosmerus elongatus'', the whitebait smelt, is an uncommon Northeast Pacific smelt, about which little is known. Originally described as both ''Osmerus attenuatus'' and ''O. elon ...

s (North American) in the family Osmeridae and genera: '' Allosmerus'', ''

'' and '' Mallotus''

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