Smelt
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Smelt may refer to:
- Smelting, chemical process
- The common name of various fish:
- Smelt (fish), a family of small fish, Osmeridae
- Australian smelt in the family Retropinnidae and species Retropinna semoni
- Big-scale sand smelt Atherina boyeri
- Deep-sea smelts in the family Bathylagidae
- Great Lakes smelts (North American) in the family Osmeridae and genera Allosmerus (also called whitebait smelt), Hypomesus, Mallotus, Osmerus, Spirinchus and Thaleichthys
- Herring smelt of the family Argentinidae
- Mediterranean sand smelt, Atherina hepsetus
- New Zealand smelt in the family Retropinnidae and species Retropinna retropinna
- some species in Silverside family Atherinidae
- Smelt-whitings in the family Sillaginidae
- Whitebait smelts (North American) in the family Osmeridae and genera: Allosmerus, Hypomesus and Mallotus