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Herklotsichthys

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Herklotsichthys is a genus of herrings in the family Dorosomatidae found mostly around Southeast Asia and Australia with one species each in the Persian Gulf, the Red Sea, and the western Indian Ocean. This genus currently contains 12 species.

Species

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GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumChordata
  3. ClassTeleostei
  4. OrderClupeiformes
  5. FamilyClupeidae
Habitatmarine, brackish, freshwater
Observations124
Observations recorded6,943

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
196
With media
1
Family
Clupeidae
Collections
CAS, LSUMZ, CMN, WAM, AM, TU
Recorded in
Philippines, Kuwait, Tanzania, Australia, Indonesia, Thailand

Wikidata facts

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taxon
Parent taxon
Clupeinae
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Herklotsichthys
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Category:Herklotsichthys
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Encyclopedic overview

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Herklotsichthys is a genus of herrings in the family Dorosomatidae found mostly around Southeast Asia and Australia with one species each in the Persian Gulf, the Red Sea, and the western Indian Ocean. This genus currently contains 12 species.

Well-preserved fossil remains of this genus are known from the early Pleistocene-aged Laguna Formation of the Philippines.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Herklotsichthys” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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