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2. wildlife.ca.gov › Conservation › FishesDelta Smelt - California Department of Fish and Wildlife

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   Nov 5, 2021 · The Delta Smelt is a small fish, endemic to California that only occurs in the San Francisco Estuary. The slender-bodied fish typically reaches about 60-70 mm to a maximum size of about 120 mm (Figures 1, 2 and 3). The Delta Smelt life cycle follows the four seasons—spring spawning in fresh water, summer migration/rearing in the low salinity ...

3. www.gettyimages.com › photos › delta-smeltDelta Smelt Photos and Premium High Res Pictures - Getty Images

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   Browse Getty Images' premium collection of high-quality, authentic Delta Smelt stock photos, royalty-free images, and pictures. Delta Smelt stock photos are available in a variety of sizes and formats to fit your needs.

4. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Delta_smeltDelta smelt - Wikipedia

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   Lifecycle. Endangered status. Court protection. See also. References. External links. Delta smelt. The delta smelt ( Hypomesus transpacificus) is an endangered [1] slender-bodied smelt, about 5 to 7 cm (2.0 to 2.8 in) long, in the family Osmeridae.

5. animalia.bio › delta-smeltDelta smelt - Facts, Diet, Habitat & Pictures on Animalia.bio

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   The delta smelt (Hypomesus transpacificus) is an endangered slender-bodied smelt, about 5 to 7 cm (2.0 to 2.8 in) long, in the family Osmeridae. Endemic to the upper Sacramento-San Joaquin Estuary of California, it mainly inhabits the freshwater-saltwater mixing zone of the estuary, except during its spawning season, when it migrates upstream ...

6. deltasmelt.org › about-the-speciesSave the delta smelt

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   The delta smelt (Hypomesus transpacificus) is an endangered [1] [2] slender-bodied smelt, about 5 to 7 cm (2.0 to 2.8 in) long, in the family Osmeridae. Endemic to the upper Sacramento-San Joaquin Estuary of California, it mainly inhabits the freshwater-saltwater mixing zone of the estuary, except during its spawning season, when it migrates ...

7. www.biologicaldiversity.org › species › fishDelta smelt - Biological Diversity

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   The tiny delta smelt is one of the best indicators of environmental conditions in the San Francisco Bay-Delta, an ecologically important estuary that is a major hub for California's water system — and an ecosystem that is now rapidly unraveling. The “smeltdown in the Delta,” as the extinction trajectory of delta smelt is known, has left ...

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   How big does a delta smelt get?

   • Figure 4: Delta Smelt Life Cycle and Migration (modified from IEP, 2015). Click to enlarge. The Delta Smelt is a small fish, endemic to California that only occurs in the San Francisco Estuary. The slender-bodied fish typically reaches about 60-70 mm to a maximum size of about 120 mm (Figures 1, 2 and 3).

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   Where does the delta smelt come from?

   • The delta smelt is endemic to the Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta in California, where it is distributed from the Suisun Bay upstream through the delta in Contra Costa, Sacramento, San Joaquin, and Solano Counties.

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   Why is delta smelt poisonous?

   • The Delta habitat for delta smelt is polluted with often-lethal concentrations of herbicides and pesticides discharged and transported from California's Central Valley into the fish's estuary home.

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   How long does a Delta Smelt live?

   • The delta smelt is semelparous, living one year and dying after its first spawning. Their spawning occurs in spring in river channels and tidally influenced backwater sloughs upstream of the mixing zone where salt water meets fresh water.

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9. www.usgs.gov › media › imagesdelta smelt swimming down to right | U.S. Geological Survey

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   Dec 19, 2016 · Photography. delta smelt swimming down to right. By California Water Science Center December 19, 2016. Original Thumbnail Medium. Detailed Description. Delta Smelt fish photo provided to USGS by DWR for use on our website. Sources/Usage. Public Domain.