| Umgangssprachlicher Name | Estuarine smelt |
| Language | English |
| Typ | Vernacular |
| Official trade name | No |
| Rank | 3 - (Other common name) |
| Land | United States (contiguous states) |
| Fundort | |
| Ref. | Robins, C.R., R.M. Bailey, C.E. Bond, J.R. Brooker, E.A. Lachner, R.N. Lea and W.B. Scott, 1991 |
| Lebensstadium | juveniles and adults |
| Geschlecht | females and males |
| Core | taste/smell |
| Erster Bezug | habitat/ecology |
| Zweiter Bezug | |
| 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). |