English: Osmeriforms.
Genera: 20; ± 93 species; 6 families; 2 suborders.
Clades:
Protacanthopterygii.
Members: True or freshwater smelts and allies, Galaxiids, Noodlefishes.
ZoologyRay-finned fish.
Name: means "smelt-shaped", from the genus Osmerus, derives from Ancient Greek osmé meaning pungent smell.
TaxonomyThe Marine smelts and allies were formerly included here as suborder Argentinoidei, but are now considered more distantly related in
Argentiniformes.
Included is Stomatiiformes.
FamiliesSuborder Osmeroidea
• Osmeridae: Allosmerus, Hypomesus, Mallotus, Neosalanx, Osmerus, Plecoglossus, Protosalanx, Salangichthys, Salanx, Spirinchus, Thaleichthys
Suborder Galaxioidea: Galaxiidae - Retropinnidae • Galaxiidae: Lepidogalaxias, Aplochiton, Brachygalaxias, Galaxias, Galaxiella, Lovettia, Neochanna, Paragalaxias
• Retropinnidae: Prototroctes, Retropinna, Stokellia