Escualosa
Appearance
Escualosa | |
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Escualosa thoracata | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Clupeiformes |
Family: | Dorosomatidae |
Genus: | Escualosa Whitley, 1940 |
Escualosa is a genus of fishes in the herring family, Dorosomatidae. The genus currently contains two described species. They are found in Indo-Pacific.
Species
[edit]- Escualosa elongata Wongratana, 1983 (Slender white sardine)
- Escualosa thoracata (Valenciennes, 1847) (White sardine)
References
[edit]- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). Species of Escualosa in FishBase. June 2011 version.