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Potamothrissa

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Potamothrissa is a genus of fish belonging to the family Dorosomatidae, which also includes the gizzard shads and sardinellas. These fishes are found in Africa. It currently contains three species.

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Vinony files it under Dorosomatidae, Fish of Africa and Freshwater fish genera.

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Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumChordata
  3. ClassTeleostei
  4. OrderClupeiformes
  5. FamilyClupeidae
Habitatfreshwater

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
10
Family
Clupeidae
Collections
CUMV, MNHN, NRM
Recorded in
Congo, The Democratic Republic Of The, Republique Centrafricaine, Congo Kinshasa, Central African Republic

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Clupeidae
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taxon name
Potamothrissa
taxon rank
genus
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Potamothrissa is a genus of fish belonging to the family Dorosomatidae, which also includes the gizzard shads and sardinellas. These fishes are found in Africa. It currently contains three species.

==Species== Potamothrissa acutirostris (Boulenger, 1899) (Sharpnosed sawtooth pellonuline) Potamothrissa obtusirostris (Boulenger, 1909) (Bluntnosed sawtooth pellonuline) Potamothrissa whiteheadi Poll, 1974 (Whitehead's sawtooth pellonuline)

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