Pliosteostoma
Appearance
Pliosteostoma | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Clupeiformes |
Family: | Pristigasteridae |
Genus: | Pliosteostoma Norman, 1923 |
Species: | P. lutipinnis
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Binomial name | |
Pliosteostoma lutipinnis (D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1882)
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Synonyms[2] | |
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Pliosteostoma is a monospecific genus of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Pristigasteridae, the longfin herrings. The only species in the genus is Pliosteostoma lutipinnis, the yellowfin herring, a species found along the Pacific coast of Central and South America between Mexico and Ecuador.
References
[edit]- ^ Di Dario, F. (2020). "Pliosteostoma lutipinnis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T183416A102897523. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-1.RLTS.T183416A102897523.en. Retrieved 20 November 2024.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Pliosteostoma lutipinnis". FishBase. June 2024 version.