| New Zealand smelt | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Osmeriformes |
| Family: | Retropinnidae |
| Genus: | Retropinna |
| Species: | R. retropinna
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| Binomial name | |
| Retropinna retropinna (J. Richardson, 1848)
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The New Zealand smelt (Retropinna retropinna), also known as the New Zealand common smelt, New Zealand cucumber fish, or silveries[1] is a smelt of the family Retropinnidae, found only in New Zealand at shallow depths in estuaries and rivers. Their length is between 8 and 13 cm.
- ^ Burgess, Allan (26 March 2022). "Common Smelt (or silveries) – Retropinna-retropinna". Fishingmag.