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Etrumeus

Etrumeus is a genus of round herrings in the family, Dussumieriidae. They are found in Indo-Pacific and Atlantic.

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Etrumeus
Etrumeus sadina
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Clupeiformes
Family: Dussumieriidae
Genus: Etrumeus
Bleeker, 1853

Etrumeus is a genus of round herrings in the family, Dussumieriidae. They are found in Indo-Pacific and Atlantic.

Species

There are currently seven recognized species in this genus:1

References

References

  1. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Etrumeus". FishBase. August 2012 version.
  2. DiBattista, J.D., Randall, J.E. & Bowen, B.W. (2012): Review of the round herrings of the genus Etrumeus (Clupeidae: Dussumieriinae) of Africa, with descriptions of two new species / Revue des shadines rondes africaines du genre Etrumeus (Clupeidae : Dussumieriinae) et description de deux nouvelles espèces. Cybium, 36 (3): 447-460.
  3. Randall, J.E. & DiBattista, J.D. (2012): Etrumeus makiawa, a New Species of Round Herring (Clupeidae: Dussumierinae) from the Hawaiian Islands. Pacific Science 66 (1): 97-110.