Two-finned round herring | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Clupeiformes |
Family: | Ehiravidae |
Genus: | Spratellomorpha Bertin in Angel, Bertin and Guibé, 1946 |
Species: | S. bianalis |
Binomial name | |
Spratellomorpha bianalis (Bertin, 1940) | |
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