Hypomesus

Hypomesus
Temporal range: 28–0 Ma Late Oligocene to Present[1]
Delta smelt, Hypomesus transpacificus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Osmeriformes
Family: Osmeridae
Genus: Hypomesus
T. N. Gill, 1862

Hypomesus is a genus of smelts (Osmeridae), consisting of five species found in the northern hemisphere.

  1. ^ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363: 560.