Rhinosardinia
Rhinosardinia | |
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R. amazonica | |
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Kingdom: | Animalia
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Phylum: | Chordata
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Genus: | Rhinosardinia C. H. Eigenmann, 1912
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Rhinosardinia is a small genus of sprats restricted to the rivers of South America. There are currently only two described species in the genus.
Species[]
- (Steindachner, 1879) (Amazon spinejaw sprat)
- Rhinosardinia bahiensis (Steindachner, 1879) (Bahia sprat)
References[]
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). Species of Rhinosardinia in FishBase. June 2011 version.
Categories:
- Clupeidae
- Fish of South America
- Freshwater fish genera
- Taxa named by Carl H. Eigenmann
- Clupeiformes stubs