Kalmar "Smelt American" yawanci tana nufin ƙaramin kifin na azurfa, da ruwa mai daɗi wanda ke na dangin Osmeridae. Sunan kimiyya na wannan kifi shine "Osmerus americanus." A Arewacin Amirka, ana samunsa a cikin tabkuna da koguna a ko'ina cikin Kanada da arewacin Amurka, ciki har da yankin Great Lakes. An san kifi da ƙamshinsa na musamman, kamar kokwamba kuma ana amfani da shi azaman koto don manyan kifi. Ƙari ga haka, kalmar “smelt” tana iya nufin tsarin hako ƙarfe daga ma’adanin sa ta hanyar narkewa.