Clupea opisthopteryx Sauvage 1873 (herring)

Actinopteri - Clupeiformes - Clupeoidei

Full reference: H. E. Sauvage. 1873. Memoire sur la faune ichthyologigue de la periode Tertiare et plus specialement sur les poissons fossiles d'Oran et de Licata. Annales des Sciences Geologiques 4:1-272

Belongs to Clupea according to H. E. Sauvage 1873

Sister taxa: Clupea (Meletta), Clupea arcuata, Clupea arezedi, Clupea beurardi, Clupea brevis, Clupea caudata, Clupea cephalus, Clupea chrysosoma, Clupea curta, Clupea dentex, Clupea denticiformis, Clupea elongata, Clupea gigantea, Clupea guestfalica, Clupea hadleyi, Clupea inflata, Clupea longimana, Clupea macrocephala, Clupea megapteryx, Clupea microcephala, Clupea minutissima, Clupea ophthalmica, Clupea pallasii, Clupea polyachanthina, Clupea saulos, Clupea scheuchseri, Clupea sprattus, Clupea tenuissima, Clupea testis, Clupea tiejei, Clupea trinacridis, Clupea ventricosa, Clupea voinovi, Clupea weileri, Clupea xenophanis, Clupea zanclea

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Clupea opisthopteryx in the database

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