Biology:Dogtooth herring
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Short description: Species of ray-finned fish
| Dogtooth herring | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Clupeiformes |
| Family: | Pristigasteridae |
| Genus: | Chirocentrodon Günther, 1868 |
| Species: | C. bleekerianus
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| Binomial name | |
| Chirocentrodon bleekerianus (Poey, 1867)
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The dogtooth herring (Chirocentrodon bleekerianus) is a species of herring occurring in the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean along the coast of northern South America, Central America and the Caribbean islands. It is the only species in its genus. They are commonly around 3.5 inches (9 cm) in length.
References
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). "Chirocentrodon bleekerianus" in FishBase. June 2011 version.
Wikidata ☰ Q2255549 entry
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