Escualosa is a genus of fishes in the herring family, Dorosomatidae. The genus currently contains two described species. They are found in Indo-Pacific.
Escualosa | |
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Escualosa thoracata | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Clupeiformes |
Family: | Dorosomatidae |
Genus: | Escualosa Whitley, 1940 |
Species
edit- Escualosa elongata Wongratana, 1983 (Slender white sardine)
- Escualosa thoracata (Valenciennes, 1847) (White sardine)
References
edit- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Escualosa". FishBase. June 2011 version.