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Species Name:    Brevoortia smithi
Common Name:      (Yellowfin Menhaden)

 

I.  TAXONOMY

Kingdom Phylum/Division: Class: Order: Family: Genus:
Animalia Chordata Osteichthyes Clupeiformes Clupeidae Brevoortia


The Yellowfin Menhaden, Brevoortia smithi.  Illustration by Diana Rome Peebles 1998.  Courtesy of Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, Division of Marine Fisheries.
Species Name:
Brevoortia smithi Hildebrand, 1941


Common Name:
Yellowfin Menhaden