Ethmidium

Ethmidium
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Clupeiformes
Family: Clupeidae
Genus:
W. F. Thompson, 1916
Species:
E. maculatum
Binomial name
Ethmidium maculatum
(Valenciennes, 1847)
Synonyms[2]
  • Alausa maculata Valenciennes, 1847
  • Brevoortia maculata (Valenciennes, 1847)
  • Clupea maculata (Valenciennes, 1847)
  • Alausa coerulea Valenciennes, 1847
  • Clupea notacanthus Günther, 1868
  • Clupea notacanthoides Steindachner, 1869
  • Ethmidium chilcae Hildebrand, 1946
  • Brevoortia maculata chilcae (Hildebrand, 1946)

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

  1. ^ Di Dario, F. (2020). "Ethmidium maculatum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T183709A102895124. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Ethmidium maculatum". FishBase. June 2024 version.


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