Osmerus

{{Automatic taxobox

| fossil_range = Thanetian to Present{{cite journal

| last = Sepkoski

| first = Jack

| author-link = Jack Sepkoski

| title = A compendium of fossil marine animal genera

| journal = Bulletins of American Paleontology

| volume = 363

| issue =

|pages = 1–560

| date = 2002

| url = http://strata.ummp.lsa.umich.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=611&rank=class

| doi =

| id =

| access-date = 2007-12-25 }}

| image = Osmerus mordax.jpg

| image_caption = Osmerus mordax

| taxon = Osmerus

| authority = Linnaeus, 1758

}}

Osmerus {{IPAc-en|Q|s|'|m|ɪər|@|s}} is a genus of smelt.

Species

There are currently four recognized species in this genus:{{FishBase genus | genus = Osmerus| month = February | year = 2012}}

Osmerus eperlanus (Linnaeus, 1758) (European smelt)
Osmerus mordax (Mitchill, 1814)
Osmerus mordax dentex Steindachner & Kner, 1870 (Arctic rainbow smelt)
Osmerus mordax mordax (Mitchill, 1814) (Rainbow smelt)
Osmerus spectrum Cope, 1870
Osmerus dentex (Steindachner & Kner, 1870) (Pacific rainbow smelt){{Cite journal |last=Mecklenburg |first=Catherine W. |last2=Møller |first2=Peter Rask |last3=Steinke |first3=Dirk |date=2010-12-01 |title=Biodiversity of arctic marine fishes: taxonomy and zoogeography |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12526-010-0070-z |journal=Marine Biodiversity |volume=41 |issue=1 |pages=109–140 |doi=10.1007/s12526-010-0070-z |issn=1867-1616|url-access=subscription }}