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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
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderClupeiformes
- FamilyPristigasteridae
Habitatbrackish, freshwater
Observations4
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 48
- Family
- Pristigasteridae
- Collections
- CUMV, CAS, ANSP, INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA (INPA), NHMUK
- Recorded in
- Brazil, Peru, Indonesia, Brasil, India, Malaysia
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Pristigasteridae
- Image
- Pristigaster cayana.jpg
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- Pristigaster
- taxon name
- Pristigaster
- taxon rank
- genus
- topic's main category
- Category:Pristigaster
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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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