Pliosteostoma
Pliosteostoma | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Clupeiformes |
Family: | Pristigasteridae |
Genus: | Pliosteostoma Norman, 1923 |
Species: | P. lutipinnis
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Binomial name | |
Pliosteostoma lutipinnis (D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1882)
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Pliosteostoma lutipinnis, the yellowfin herring, is a longfin herring that is found along the coast of Central and South America from Mexico to Ecuador. It is the only species in its genus.
References[]
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2011). "Pliosteostoma lutipinnis" in FishBase. June 2011 version.
Categories:
- Pristigasteridae
- Monotypic ray-finned fish genera
- Fish of Central America
- Fish of South America
- Taxa named by John Roxborough Norman
- Fish described in 1923
- Clupeiformes stubs