| Ramnogaster | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Clupeiformes |
| Family: | Clupeidae |
| Genus: | Ramnogaster Whitehead, 1965 |
| Type species | |
| Clupea arcuata Jenyns, 1842
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Ramnogaster is a small genus of sprats found only in South America. Two species are placed in this genus:
- Ramnogaster arcuata (Jenyns, 1842) (Jenyns's sprat)
- Ramnogaster melanostoma (C. H. Eigenmann, 1907) (Uruguay river sprat)
References
References
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Ramnogaster". FishBase. June 2011 version.