The New Zealand smelt (Retropinna retropinna), also known as the New Zealand common smelt, New Zealand cucumber fish, or silveries is a smelt of the family Retropinnidae, found only in New Zealand at shallow depths in estuaries and rivers. Their length is between 8 and 13 cm.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of New Zealand Common 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 semoni
- Galaxias maculatus
- Menidia audens
- Hypomesus nipponensis
- Atherina presbyter
- Osmerus mordax
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Actinopterygii
- Order
- Osmeriformes
- Family
- Retropinnidae
- Genus
- Retropinna
- Species
- Retropinna retropinna
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