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Spirinchus Temporal range: Pliocene to Present
Spirinchus thaleichthys
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Osmeriformes
Family:	Osmeridae
Genus:	Spirinchus D. S. Jordan & Evermann, 1896
Species
See text.

Spirinchus is a genus of smelts (Osmeridae) from the North Pacific Ocean and adjacent streams.

Species

There are currently three recognized species in this genus:

• Spirinchus lanceolatus (Hikita, 1913)
• Spirinchus starksi (Fisk, 1913) (Night smelt)
• Spirinchus thaleichthys (Ayres, 1860) (Longfin smelt)

References

1. Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Retrieved 2007-12-25.
2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Spirinchus". FishBase. February 2012 version.

• "Spirinchus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 6 June 2006.

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