greater silver smelt.
1. m. marine fish of the order of the Teleósteos, acantopterigio, which does not normally exceed thirteen to fourteen inches long. It has a fusiform body, of color silver and shiny, with two darker bands along each side, almost conical head, small fins and forked tail. It abounds in all Spanish coastal waters and in coastal lagoons, even in the brackish. You can enter rivers and get to live in fresh water. Living forming shoals, is fairly estimated fisheries.
2. m. Arg., Bol. y Ur. Edible meat freshwater or marine fish. It is characteristic to his band silver along the flank.