Delta smelt

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The Delta smelt is a small, endangered fish species native to California’s estuarine waters, widely regarded as an indicator of the ecological health of the Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta.

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This AI-generated illustration was produced by black-forest-labs/FLUX.2-dev (1024x1024) from a prompt written by openai/gpt-oss-120b from the entity's label + description.

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Generate an image of a delta smelt (The Delta smelt is a small, endangered fish species native to California’s estuarine waters, widely regarded as an indicator of the ecological health of the Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta.)

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Delta smelt canonical 5

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf endangered species ⓘ
fish species ⓘ
ray-finned fish ⓘ
bodyColor silvery ⓘ
translucent ⓘ
bodyShape slender ⓘ
class Actinopterygii ⓘ
commonName Delta smelt ⓘ
conservationStatus Critically Endangered (IUCN Red List) ⓘ
Endangered (US ESA) ⓘ
describedBy Carl Leavitt Hubbs ⓘ
diet small crustaceans ⓘ
zooplankton ⓘ
endemicTo California ⓘ
family Osmeridae ⓘ
foundIn brackish water ⓘ
freshwater ⓘ
genus Hypomesus ⓘ
habitat estuarine waters ⓘ
indicatorOf ecological health of the Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta ⓘ
kingdom Animalia ⓘ
lifeHistory annual ⓘ
lifespan about 1 year ⓘ
managedBy California Department of Fish and Wildlife ⓘ
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service ⓘ
maximumLength about 7 centimeters ⓘ
nativeTo Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta ⓘ
San Francisco Estuary ⓘ
linked to: San Francisco Bay
order Osmeriformes ⓘ
phylum Chordata ⓘ
reproductiveStrategy semelparous ⓘ
roleInEcosystem forage fish ⓘ
indicator species ⓘ
salinityPreference low salinity zone ⓘ
scientificName Hypomesus transpacificus ⓘ
spawningHabitat freshwater reaches of the upper estuary ⓘ
spawningSeason late winter to spring ⓘ
subjectOf Endangered Species Act protections ⓘ
water management regulations in the Sacramento–San Joaquin Delta ⓘ
taxonRank species ⓘ
threat altered freshwater flows ⓘ
climate change ⓘ
habitat loss ⓘ
invasive species ⓘ
pollution ⓘ
water diversions ⓘ
trophicLevel planktivore ⓘ
typicalLength about 5 to 7 centimeters ⓘ
yearDescribed 1925 ⓘ

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