Ramnogaster
Appearance
Ramnogaster | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Clupeiformes |
Family: | Clupeidae |
Genus: | Ramnogaster Whitehead, 1965 |
Ramnogaster is a small genus of sprats found only in South America. Two species are placed in this genus:
- Ramnogaster arcuata (Jenyns, 1842) (Jenyns's sprat)
- Ramnogaster melanostoma (C. H. Eigenmann, 1907) (Uruguay river sprat)
References
[edit]- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Ramnogaster". FishBase. June 2011 version.