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Pristigaster is a small genus of ray-finned fish belonging to the family Pristigasteridae. It contains two species, both restricted to the Amazon Basin in South America.
Pristigaster | |
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Pristigaster cayana | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Clupeiformes |
Family: | Pristigasteridae |
Genus: | Pristigaster Cuvier, 1816 |
Species
edit- Pristigaster cayana Cuvier, 1829 (Amazon hatchet herring)
- Pristigaster whiteheadi Menezes & de Pinna, 2000
References
edit- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). Species of Pristigaster in FishBase. June 2011 version.