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New Zealand smelt
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Osmeriformes
Family: Retropinnidae
Genus: Retropinna
Species:
R. retropinna
Binomial name
Retropinna retropinna
(J. Richardson, 1848)

The New Zealand smelt (Retropinna retropinna), also known as the New Zealand common smelt, New Zealand cucumber fish, or silveries[1] is a smelt of the family Retropinnidae, found only in New Zealand at shallow depths in estuaries and rivers. Their length is between 8 and 13 cm.

  1. ^ Burgess, Allan (26 March 2022). "Common Smelt (or silveries) – Retropinna-retropinna". Fishingmag.

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