[NatureNS] smelt runs

Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2009 15:07:02 -0300
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Ken McKenna wrote:
. . . .
> Not sure whether the names have changed since I took my fish biology 30+
> years ago, but Gaspereau- Alosa pseudoharengus. Note Shad is Alosa
> sapidissima and  Atlantic herring is Clupea harengus harengus. All are
> in the herring family-ClUPEIdae. I never noticed till now that my
> undergrad university is in that name.
> 
> American smelt is Osmerus mordax. This is somewhat more related to the
> trout-salmon as they are in the same suborder. When we were kids in PEI
> we used to be able to spring dip-net smelts out of small tributaries of
> the Pisquid River.  They are delicious and one of my favoutite fish.
. . . .

Ken,

Thanks for responding. Names have not changed according to
http://www.gov.ns.ca/fish/sportfishing/species/ale.shtml and
http://www.gov.ns.ca/fish/sportfishing/species/smel.shtml

I guess I should have done some searching instead of asking the question.

Gerald

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