Hypomesus pretiosus (Girard, 1854) .

Surf Smelt. To 30.5 cm (12 in) TL (Hart 1973). North side of Alaska Peninsula at Izembek Bay, and Gulf of Alaska (Mecklenburg et al. 2002), to Long Beach, southern California (Miller and Lea 1972). Sometimes found in brackish water and rarely in fresh water (Mecklenburg et al. 2002); depth: intertidal to 185 m (607 ft) (min.: Mecklenburg et al. 2002; max.: NWFSC-FRAM).