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.