osmerid

noun

1. Any fish of the family Osmeridae, a smelt.

   “Getting back to feeding, we found it convenient at Point Mugu to use two forms of fish: the smaller osmerids for training purposes (they are cleaner than cut fish), and mackerel.”

   “She proved the independence of the evolutionary development of osmerids and plecoglossids which form an independent suborder and clearly outlined main traits of similarity and difference of the Salmonoidei and the osmerids.”

   “Osmerids are generally small, silvery, elongate fishes that swim in the water column.”