Fish Identification: Find Species

Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Clupeiformes
Family: Clupeidae Herrings, shads, sardines, menhadens
Subfamily: Dorosomatinae
Genus: Nematalosa

(See list of species below)

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11 species (see list below)

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Photo by FAO

Nematalosa arabica
[Arabian gizzard shad]

Photo by Krumme, U.

Nematalosa come
[Western Pacific gizzard shad]

Photo by Aland, G.

Nematalosa erebi
[Australian river gizzard shad]

Photo by FAO

Nematalosa flyensis
[Fly river gizzard shad]

Photo by FAO

Nematalosa galatheae
[Galathea gizzard shad]

Photo by Randall, J.E.

Nematalosa japonica
[Japanese gizzard shad]

Photo by Randall, J.E.

Nematalosa nasus
[Bloch's gizzard shad]

Photo by FAO

Nematalosa papuensis
[Strickland river gizzard shad]

Photo by FAO

Nematalosa persara
[Persara gizzard shad]

Photo by FAO

Nematalosa resticularia
[Gulf gizzard shad]

Photo by Good, P.

Nematalosa vlaminghi
[Perth herring]

11 Species of Family Clupeidae with Genus Nematalosa
(Herrings, shads, sardines, menhadens)

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Year	Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
1917	Nematalosa arabica	Arabian gizzard shad	Western Indian Ocean	16.5 SL
1846	Nematalosa come	Western Pacific gizzard shad	Western Pacific	21 SL
1868	Nematalosa erebi	Australian river gizzard shad	Oceania and Asia	48 SL
1983	Nematalosa flyensis	Fly river gizzard shad	Oceania	22.2 SL
1973	Nematalosa galatheae	Galathea gizzard shad	Indo-West Pacific	16.3 SL
1917	Nematalosa japonica	Japanese gizzard shad	Western Pacific	19 SL
1795	Nematalosa nasus	Bloch's gizzard shad	Indo-West Pacific	22 TL
1964	Nematalosa papuensis	Strickland river gizzard shad	Oceania	21 SL
1995	Nematalosa persara	Persara gizzard shad	Western Indian Ocean	15.2 SL
1995	Nematalosa resticularia	Gulf gizzard shad	Western Indian Ocean	17 TL
1956	Nematalosa vlaminghi	Perth herring	Eastern Indian Ocean	36 SL

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Fish Identification: Find Species

Class: ActinopterygiiOrder: ClupeiformesFamily: Clupeidae Herrings, shads, sardines, menhadensSubfamily: DorosomatinaeGenus: Nematalosa(See list of species below)

Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Clupeiformes
Family: Clupeidae Herrings, shads, sardines, menhadens
Subfamily: Dorosomatinae
Genus: Nematalosa

(See list of species below)