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Opisthonema
Genus of herrings from the tropical waters of the Western Hemisphere / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
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Opisthonema | |
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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 |
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