Pliosteostoma
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| Pliosteostoma | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Clupeiformes |
| Family: | Pristigasteridae |
| Genus: | Pliosteostoma Norman, 1923 |
| Species: | P. lutipinnis
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| Binomial name | |
| Pliosteostoma lutipinnis (D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1882)
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Pliosteostoma lutipinnis, the yellowfin herring, is a longfin herring that is found along the coast of Central and South America from Mexico to Ecuador. It is the only species in its genus.
References
[edit]- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Pliosteostoma lutipinnis". FishBase. June 2011 version.
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