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Dorosomatidae
herring
Opisthonema oglinum
Thirty Eight Centimeters Dorosomatid Fish from Mexican Waters
- Tropical
- Regional distribution
- Marine fish
- Atlantic Ocean
- Central America and the Caribbean
- North America
- South America
- Fusiform
- Compressed cross-section
- Medium
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Fusiform
Mediumherring is known from Western Atlantic as a marine fish. It occurs in coastal waters.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Herrings
- Family
- Dorosomatidae
- Genus
- Opisthonema
- Maximum length
- 38 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- fusiform
- Distribution
- Western Atlantic: Gulf of Maine (USA), Bermuda, throughout the Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean and West Indies southward to Santa Catarina, Brazil. Also found in Uruguay (Ref. 54736 ) and Argentina (Ref. 2806 ).
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
