| Raconda | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Clupeiformes |
| Family: | Pristigasteridae |
| Genus: | Raconda J. E. Gray, 1831 |
| Species: | R. russeliana |
| Binomial name | |
| Raconda russeliana J. E. Gray, 1831 | |
| Synonyms [2] | |
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Raconda is a monospecific genus of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Pristigasteridae, the longfin herrings. The only species in the genus is Raconda russeliana, the raconda, a species found in the eastern Indian Ocean and far western Pacific Ocean.