Amblygaster
Appearance
Amblygaster | |
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A. sirm | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Clupeiformes |
Family: | Clupeidae |
Subfamily: | Clupeinae |
Genus: | Amblygaster Bleeker, 1849 |
Amblygaster is a small genus of sardinellas in the herring family Dorosomatidae. It currently contains three species. They are found in Indo-West Pacific regions.
Species
[edit]- Amblygaster clupeoides Bleeker, 1849 (Bleeker's smoothbelly sardinella)
- Amblygaster leiogaster (Valenciennes, 1847) (Smoothbelly sardinella)
- Amblygaster sirm (Walbaum, 1792) (Spotted sardinella)
- Amblygaster indiana Mary, Balasubramanian, Selvaraju & Shiny, 2017
References
[edit]- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Amblygaster". FishBase. June 2011 version.