Smelt

a fish somewhat resembling the salmon and the trout. The common smelt of Scotland is from eight to twelve inches in length, and is rather more slender than the trout. The lower jaw projects. The scales are small. The back is whitish, tinged with green; the sides are bluish; the belly, silver. Like the salmon, the smelt is an inhabitant partly of fresh and partly of salt water. It is taken usually at the mouths of rivers. There are numerous species both in the Old World and the New.