Slender, elongate, compressed; top of snout without pits, pores or tubes; top jaw extendible, premaxilla with rear end greatly expanded, without expanded bony process above its center; teeth well developed, in bands; first dorsal IV-VI spines, origin well before origin of anal; pelvics inserted nearer pectoral base than anal origin; pelvic fin either without a large scale at side or with one <1/4 length of fin; scales without scalloped edges.
# Genus: Menidia, Atlantic Silverside #
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Looks like a fish 😋
Slender, elongate, compressed; top of snout without pits, pores or tubes; top jaw extendible, premaxilla with rear end greatly expanded, without expanded bony process above its center; teeth well developed, in bands; first dorsal IV-VI spines, origin well before origin of anal; pelvics inserted nearer pectoral base than anal origin; pelvic fin either without a large scale at side or with one <1/4 length of fin; scales without scalloped edges.
# Genus: Menidia, Atlantic Silverside #
Why not tell us where you are fishing and it might be easier for us to help you
We call it smelt on the west coast of USA