Ethmidium

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Ethmidium
File:Ethmidium maculatum.jpg
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Clupeiformes
Family: Clupeidae
Genus: Ethmidium
W. F. Thompson, 1916
Species:
E. maculatum
Binomial name
Ethmidium maculatum
(Valenciennes, 1847)
Synonyms[2]
  • Brevoortia maculata chilcae Ethmidium chilcae
  • Alausa coerulea Alausa maculata
  • Valenciennes, 1847 (Valenciennes, 1847)
  • Valenciennes, 1847 (Hildebrand, 1946)
  • Clupea notacanthus Clupea maculata
  • Günther, 1868 Hildebrand, 1946
  • Brevoortia maculata (Valenciennes, 1847)
  • Steindachner, 1869 Clupea notacanthoides

Ethmidium is a monospecific genus of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Clupeidae, the herrings and sprats. The only species in the genus is Ethmidium maculatum, the Pacific menhaden, a species found along the Pacific coast of South America off Peru and Chile.

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