Alisea

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Alisea
Temporal range: Upper Miocene[1]
Type specimen
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Clupeiformes
Family: Clupeidae
Genus: Alisea
Jordan and Gilbert, 1919
Species:
A. grandis
Binomial name
Alisea grandis
Jordan and Gilbert, 1919

Alisea is an extinct genus of prehistoric marine clupeiform fish that lived in what is now California during the Upper Miocene subepoch.[1][2] Although generally considered a relative of the herrings in the family Clupeidae, an affinity to shads has also been suggested due to its large size and well-developed abdominal scutes.[3] Its name derives from alise, an alternate spelling for the Hindi name of the related ilish fish.[4]

Life restoration

Due to the poorly preserved nature of the only specimen, it is uncertain whether it warrants recognition as a distinct taxon.[5]

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