Stokell's smelt

Stokells smelt
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Osmeriformes
Family: Retropinnidae
Genus: Stokellia
Whitley, 1955
Species: S. anisodon
Binomial name
Stokellia anisodon
(Stokell, 1941)

Stokell's smelt, Stokellia anisodon, is a smelt, the only member of the genus Stokellia, found in rivers between the Waiau and Waitaki Rivers on the east coast of the South Island of New Zealand. Their length is between 7 and 9 cm.

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