Osmeriformes
English: Osmeriforms.
Members: True or freshwater smelts and allies, Galaxiids, Noodlefishes.
Zoology
Ray-finned fish .
Clades: Protacanthopterygii.
Name: means "smelt-shaped", from the genus Osmerus, derives from Ancient Greek osmé meaning pungent smell.
genera: 20; ± 93 species; 6 families; 2 suborders.
Taxonomy
The Marine smelts and allies were formerly included here as suborder Argentinoidei, but are now considered more distantly related in Argentiniformes.
Families
Suborder Osmeroidei
• 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