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Definition of Surf smelt

Surf smelt
Surf Surf, n. [Formerly spelled suffe, and probably the same word as E. sough.] The swell of the sea which breaks upon the shore, esp. upon a sloping beach. Surf bird (Zo["o]l.), a ploverlike bird of the genus Aphriza, allied to the turnstone. Surf clam (Zo["o]l.), a large clam living on the open coast, especially Mactra, or Spisula, solidissima. See Mactra. Surf duck (Zo["o]l.), any one of several species of sea ducks of the genus Oidemia, especially O. percpicillata; -- called also surf scoter. See the Note under Scoter. Surf fish (Zo["o]l.), any one of numerous species of California embiotocoid fishes. See Embiotocoid. Surf smelt. (Zo["o]l.) See Smelt. Surf whiting. (Zo["o]l.) See under Whiting.

Meaning of Surf smelt from wikipedia

- exceptions, such as the surf smelt, spend their entire lives at sea. In the Canadian provinces and U.S. states around the Great Lakes, "smelt dipping" is a common...
- Hypomesus pretiosus, or surf smelt, is a marine smelt with a range from Prince William Sound, Alaska to Long Beach, California, although its po****tion...
- sand beaches in the surf zone, from Point Arguello in central California to southeast Alaska. Little is known about the night smelt because it is considered...
- Sand-verbena Moth River Lamprey White Sturgeon Pacific Herring Longfin Smelt Surf Smelt Dolly Varden Pink Salmon Pacific Cod Pacific Hake Walleye Pollock Black...
- flounder, staghorn sculpin, saddleback gunnel, Pacific herring, topsmelt, surf smelt, and shiner perch–that are occasionally found in fresh water. Pacific...
- fishes found in Puget Sound include Pacific herring (Clupea pallasii), surf smelt (Hypomesus pretiosus), and Pacific sand lance (Ammodytes hexapterus)....
- NG Whitebait smelt Allosmerus elongatus, JF SJ Surf smelt Hypomesus pretiosus, JF SJ SG NS SS HC Capelin Mallotus villosus, JF Night smelt Spirinchus starksi...
- for several marine species, including topsmelt (Atherinops affinis) and surf smelt (Hypomesus pretiosis). Pacific staghorn sculpin (Leptocottus armatus)...
- commercial trapping of Dungeness crab and the taking of Hypomesus pretiosus (surf smelt) by hand-held dip nets or beach nets. The areas are two of the 22 marine...
- Valley pupfish Deep-sea eel Deep-sea smelt Deepwater cardinalfish Deepwater flathead Deepwater stingray Delta smelt Demoiselle Denticle herring Desert pupfish...