Is Smelts the Same as Whitebait?
Buying Smelts the Most Common on the Pacific Coast Is Whitebait Smelt. Whitebait Is a Catch-All Term for a Number of Species, Including Surf Smelt, Night...
What fish is similar to smelts?
The European smelt (O. eperlanus) is similar. Among related Pacific species are the rainbow herring (O. dentex), surf smelt (Hypomesus pretiosus), capelin (Mallotus villosus), and eulachon, or candlefish (Thaleichthys pacificus), a fish that at spawning time is so oily that it can be dried and burned as a candle.
What kind of fish is whitebait?
The whitebait concept – very small fish cooked and eaten whole including head, fins, bones and innards – is recognised all over the world but is applied to different species reflecting what is or was available locally. In most of Europe, whitebait are young sprats and the sprat is a small cousin of the herring.
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