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Species Name:    Opisthonema oglinum
Common Name:        (Atlantic Thread Herring)

 

I.  TAXONOMY

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


The Atlantic Thread Herring, Opisthonema oglinum.  Illustration by Diana Rome Peebles 1998.  Courtesy of Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, Division of Marine Fisheries.

 


Species Name:

Opisthonema oglinum (Lesueur, 1818)

Common Name:
Atlantic Thread Herring

Synonymy:
Opisthonema oglinum captivai
Opisthonema captivai