Biology:Sauvagella

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Short description: Genus of fishes

Sauvagella
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Clupeiformes
Family: Ehiravidae
Genus: Sauvagella
Bertin, 1940

Sauvagella is a genus of small fresh and brackish water fish in the family Clupeidae. There are currently two species, both of which are endemic to Madagascar .[1]

Species

  • Sauvagella madagascariensis (Sauvage, 1883) (Madagascar round herring)
  • Sauvagella robusta Stiassny, 2002

References

  1. Stiassny, M.L.J. (2002). Revision of Sauvagella Bertin (Clupeidae: Pellonulinae: Ehiravini) with a description of a new species from the freshwaters of Madagascar and diagnosis of Ehiravini. Copeia 2002(1): 67-76

Wikidata ☰ Q2393395 entry