Osmeriformes
smelts
i
2026-08-05: itis_id 553133 via WoRMS external link
The Osmeriformes are an order of ray-finned fish that includes the true or freshwater smelts and allies, such as the noodlefishes; they are also collectively called osmeriforms. They belong to the teleost superorder Protacanthopterygii, which also includes pike and salmon, among others.W CalCOFI holds 27 observations of it in 1 dataset between 1956 and 2016, across 2 taxa under it.R
- 27
- observations
- 27
- records
- 1956–2016
- years
- 1
- datasets
- 1
- species under it
Observed in nothing keyed to it directly
Every observation under it belongs to one of the taxa under it — 1 taxon, in the fold below.
Ways inExplorerdb-queryRPythonThis page as JSON
Code and endpoints R · Python · JSON
library(calcofi4r) con <- cc_get_db() # the promoted release tbl(con, "obs_bio") |> filter(taxon_key == "worms:10304")
import calcofi4py as cc
con = cc.cc_get_db()
con.sql("SELECT * FROM obs_bio WHERE taxon_key = 'worms:10304'").df()Read from taxa.json of release v2026.10.19, written at release by calcofi4db::build_taxa_catalog(). The catalog's index is /species/.
How big is it not on record
Not on record: no authority the fetcher reads carries a length for this taxon (a genus page could show the range of its species).
Under it 1 taxon
- sO Osmeroidei27
Lineage 9 ranks · Biota to Teleostei
Credits silhouette · photo · text
- Silhouette · T. Michael Keesey · CC BY-SA 3.0 · PhyloPic, drawn from Retropinna retropinna · source
- Photo · Claude Nozères · CC BY-NC 4.0 · inat · source
- Text · Wikipedia, “Osmeriformes” · CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1366675980
Elsewhere Wikidata · iNaturalist
The same organism on the services the faces were fetched from; the authorities' own pages are the ids in the head.
Cite the release, v2026.10.19
Cite the release, v2026.10.19; each dataset's own citation, licence and DOI are on its page. How to cite ↗