Hypomesus pretiosus (Girard, 1854)

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Hypomesus pretiosus (Girard, 1854) .

Surf Smelt. To 30.5 cm (12 in) TL ( Hart 1973). North side of Alaska Peninsula at Izembek Bay, and Gulf of Alaska (Mecklenburg et al. 2002), to Long Beach, southern California ( Miller and Lea 1972). Sometimes found in brackish water and rarely in fresh water (Mecklenburg et al. 2002); depth: intertidal to 185 m (607 ft) (min.: Mecklenburg et al. 2002; max.: NWFSC-FRAM).