Smelt Comparisons (IMAGE)

University of California - Davis

Smelt Comparisons

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Comparison of different smelts. The top left is a correctly identified delta smelt, and top right is a correctly identified wakasagi smelt. Bottom left is wakasagi that was originally thought to be a delta smelt. Bottom right is a delta smelt and wakasagi hybrid.

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Photos at top and bottom left by Brian Mahardja/California Department of Water Resources. Photo at bottom right by Rene C. Reyes/ US Bureau of Reclamation, Fish Conservation and Culture Laboratory

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