Ethmidium
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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.
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- Instance of
- monotypic taxon
- Subclass of
- menhaden
- Parent taxon
- Alosinae
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- Ethmidium maculatum.jpg
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- taxon name
- Ethmidium
- taxon rank
- genus
- taxon common name
- Pacific menhaden
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- Ethmidium
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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.
== References ==
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