Osmerus

Osmerus is a genus of smelt.

Species

There are currently three recognized species in this genus:

Osmerus dentex
Osmerus eperlanus
Osmerus mordax
* Osmerus mordax dentex Steindachner & Kner, 1870
* Osmerus mordax mordax

The Pygmy smelt Osmerus spectrum described by Edward Drinker Cope in 1870 is a synonym of O. mordax.
;Fossil species

Osmerus albyi Sauvage, 1870
Osmerus glarisianus Agassiz, 1842
Osmerus larteti Sauvage, 1870
Osmerus propterygius Sauvage, 1870
Osmerus stilpnos Sauvage, 1870