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Pristigasteridae
Caribbean longfin herring
Odontognathus compressus
Fifteen Centimeters Pristigasterid Fish of the Atlantic Ocean
- Tropical
- Regional distribution
- Atlantic Ocean
- Central America and the Caribbean
- South America
- Fusiform
- Compressed cross-section
- Medium
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Regional distribution
Atlantic Ocean
Fusiform
MediumCaribbean longfin herring is known from Western Atlantic as a fish. It occurs in estuaries and brackish water.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Herrings
- Family
- Pristigasteridae
- Genus
- Odontognathus
- Maximum length
- 15 cm
- Body shape
- fusiform
- Distribution
- Western Atlantic: Panama, Venezuela, Trinidad, Suriname or Cayenne - misidentified as mucronatus in Ref. 2860 .
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
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Family
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