Ethmidium | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Clupeiformes |
Family: | Clupeidae |
Genus: | Ethmidium W. F. Thompson, 1916 |
Species: | E. maculatum
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Binomial name | |
Ethmidium maculatum (Valenciennes, 1847)
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Synonyms[2] | |
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Ethmidium is a monospecific genus of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Clupeidae, the herrings and sprats. The only species in the genus is Ethmidium maculatum, the Pacific menhaden, a species found along the Pacific coast of South America off Peru and Chile.