Ethmidium

Ethmidium

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Clupeoidei

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Otomorpha Subcohors: Clupei Superordo: Clupeomorpha Ordo: Clupeiformes Subordo: Clupeoidei

Familia: Clupeidae
Subfamilia: Alosinae
Genus: Ethmidium
Species: E. maculatum

Name

Ethmidium Thompson, 1916: 458

Type species: Clupea (Alosa) notacanthoides Steindachner, 1869. Type by original designation (also monotypic).

References

• Thompson, W.F. 1916: Fishes collected by the United States Bureau of Fisheries steamer "Albatross" during 1888, between Montevideo, Uruguay, and Tome, Chile, on the voyage through the Straits of Magellan. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 50(2133): 401–476, Pls. 2-6.
• Whitehead, P.J.P. 1985: FAO species catalog. Clupeoid fishes of the world (suborder Clupeoidei). Part 1 - Chirocentridae, Clupeidae and Pristigasteridae. FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations) Fisheries Synopsis. 125, v. 7 (pt 1): i-x + 1-303.

Vernacular names

English: Pacific menhaden