Opisthonema
Genus of herrings from the tropical waters of the Western Hemisphere
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| Opisthonema oglinum (Atlantic thread herring) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Clupeiformes |
| Suborder: | Clupeoidei |
| Family: | Dorosomatidae |
| Genus: | Opisthonema T. N. Gill, 1861 |
Opisthonema is a genus of herrings, the thread herrings, found in tropical waters of the Western Hemisphere. They get their name from a filamentous nature of the last ray of the dorsal fin. Currently, five species are in this genus.
Species
- Opisthonema berlangai Berry & Barrett, 1963 (Galapagos thread herring)
- Opisthonema bulleri (Regan, 1904) (slender thread herring)
- O. libertate (Günther, 1867) (Pacific thread herring)
- Opisthonema medirastre Berry & Barrett, 1963 (middling thread herring)
- O.oglinum (Lesueur, 1818) (Atlantic thread herring)
References
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). Species of Opisthonema in FishBase. June 2011 version.
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