Amblygaster
Amblygaster is a small genus of sardinellas in the herring family Clupeidae. It currently contains three species.
| Amblygaster | |
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| A. sirm | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Clupeiformes |
| Family: | Clupeidae |
| Subfamily: | Dorosomatinae |
| Genus: | Amblygaster Bleeker, 1849 |
Species
- Amblygaster clupeoides Bleeker, 1849 (Bleeker's smoothbelly sardinella)
- Amblygaster leiogaster (Valenciennes, 1847) (Smoothbelly sardinella)
- Amblygaster sirm (Walbaum, 1792) (Spotted sardinella)
References
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). Species of Amblygaster in FishBase. June 2011 version.
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