Dorosoma

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Dorosoma
Dorosoma cepedianum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Clupeiformes
Family: Clupeidae
Genus: Dorosoma
Rafinesque, 1820
Species

Dorosoma anale
Dorosoma cepedianum
Dorosoma chavesi
Dorosoma petenense
Dorosoma smithi

Dorosoma is a genus of gizzard shads, fish of the herring family Clupeidae. The five species are native to the New World, and are known from both freshwater and the waters of estuaries and bays.

[edit] References

  • "Dorosoma". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. October 2006 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2006.
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