Common name of Lestidiops mirabilis
 
Common name Strange pike smelt
Language English
Type Vernacular
Official trade name No
Rank 2 - (Preferred common name (unique))
Country Hawaii (USA)
Locality
Ref. Tinker, S.W., 1978
Life stage juveniles and adults
Sex females and males
Core taste/smell
1st modifier other fish
2nd modifier mod. for affinity
Remarks 'smelt', i.e., used to refer to any of the salmonid species of the genus Osmerus with delicate oily flesh, distinctive oder and taste (p. 1113 from Ref. 11978); etymologically, 'smelt' from Old English 'melt' borrowed from Middle Low German 'melt-' from Indo-European 'meld-, mold-, mld-' (p. 344 in Ref. 11979).
 
Entered by Torres, Armi G.
Modified by Palomares, Maria Lourdes D.
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