Rhinosardinia
| Rhinosardinia | |
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| R. amazonica | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Clupeiformes |
| Family: | Dorosomatidae |
| Genus: | Rhinosardinia C. H. Eigenmann, 1912 |
| Type species | |
| Rhinosardinia serrata Eigenmann, 1912[1]
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Rhinosardinia is a small genus of sprats restricted to the rivers of South America. There are currently only two described species in the genus.
Species
[edit]- Rhinosardinia amazonica (Steindachner, 1879) (Amazon spinejaw sprat)
- Rhinosardinia bahiensis (Steindachner, 1879) (Bahia sprat)
References
[edit]- ^ a b Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Dorosomatidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 22 November 2024.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Rhinosardinia". FishBase. June 2011 version.
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