Dorosoma
| Dorosoma | |
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| Dorosoma cepedianum | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Clupeiformes |
| Family: | Clupeidae |
| Subfamily: | Dorosomatinae |
| Genus: | Dorosoma Rafinesque, 1820 |
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Dorosoma is a genus of gizzard shads, fish of the herring family Clupeidae. The five species are native to the New World, and are known from both freshwater and the waters of estuaries and bays.
Species
- Dorosoma anale Meek, 1904 (Mexican river gizzard shad)
- Dorosoma cepedianum (Lesueur, 1818) (American gizzard shad)
- Dorosoma chavesi Meek, 1907 (Nicaragua gizzard shad)
- Dorosoma petenense (Günther, 1867) (Threadfin shad)
- Dorosoma smithi C. L. Hubbs & R. R. Miller, 1941 (Pacific gizzard shad)
References
- Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2011). Species of Dorosoma in FishBase. June 2011 version.
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