| Common name | Japanese smelt |
| Language | English |
| Type | FAO |
| Official trade name | No |
| Rank | 1 - (Legal common name (unique)) |
| Country | Global |
| Locality | |
| Ref. | FAO-FIES, 2023 |
| Life stage | juveniles and adults |
| Sex | females and males |
| Core | taste/smell |
| 1st modifier | locality/area |
| 2nd modifier | |
| Remarks | 'smelt', i.e., used to refer to any of the salmonid species of the genus Osmerus with delicate oily flesh, distinctive oder and taste (p. 1113 from Ref. 11978); etymologically, 'smelt' from Old English 'melt' borrowed from Middle Low German 'melt-' from Indo-European 'meld-, mold-, mld-' (p. 344 in Ref. 11979). Name not listed in ASFIS version 2006 (Ref. 56807). Also Ref. 1739, 83882, 90062, 93840, 95632, 115257, 118272, 122997, 124692. |