Day's round herring | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Superorder: | Clupeomorpha |
Order: | Clupeiformes |
Suborder: | Clupeoidei |
Family: | Ehiravidae |
Genus: | Dayella Talwar & Whitehead, 1972 |
Species: | D. malabarica |
Binomial name | |
Dayella malabarica (F. Day, 1873) | |
Synonyms | |
Spratelloides malabaricus |
The Day's round herring (Dayella malabarica) is a relative of the herring that is endemic to southwestern India. It is the only species in its genus. It is named after Francis Day who described the species in 1873.