The Australian smelt (Retropinna semoni) is a small, pelagic silvery freshwater fish found in large numbers in waters of the south eastern Australian mainland.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Australian Smelt being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Retropinna retropinna
- Galaxias maculatus
- Menidia audens
- Labidesthes vanhyningi
- Galaxias ornatus
- Craterocephalus stercusmuscarum
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Actinopterygii
- Order
- Osmeriformes
- Family
- Retropinnidae
- Genus
- Retropinna
- Species
- Retropinna semoni
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