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Pristigaster
Sign in to savePristigaster 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.
Species
Amazon Hatchet Herring
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- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderClupeiformes
- FamilyPristigasteridae
Habitatbrackish, freshwater
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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.
==Species== Pristigaster cayana Cuvier, 1829 (Amazon hatchet herring) Pristigaster whiteheadi Menezes & de Pinna, 2000
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Actinopterygii
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Animalia
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Chordata
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taxonomy
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Georges Cuvier
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National Center for Biotechnology Information
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Integrated Taxonomic Information System
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Clupeiformes
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Global Biodiversity Information Facility
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Amazon basin
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FishBase
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type species
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World Register of Marine Species
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Catalogue of Life
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Pristigasteridae
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California Academy of Sciences
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Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
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