Pristigasteridae
Encyclopedia
Pristigasteridae is a family of fish
related to the herring
s, and including the genera
Ilisha
and Pellona
. The taxonomic classification of this family is in doubt. One common name for the taxon is longfin herring.
Fish
Fish are a paraphyletic group of organisms that consist of all gill-bearing aquatic vertebrate animals that lack limbs with digits. Included in this definition are the living hagfish, lampreys, and cartilaginous and bony fish, as well as various extinct related groups...
related to the herring
Herring
Herring is an oily fish of the genus Clupea, found in the shallow, temperate waters of the North Pacific and the North Atlantic oceans, including the Baltic Sea. Three species of Clupea are recognized. The main taxa, the Atlantic herring and the Pacific herring may each be divided into subspecies...
s, and including the genera
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
Ilisha
Ilisha
Ilisha may refer to:* Ilisha , a genus of fish* Hilsa, another species of fish...
and Pellona
Pellona
Pellona is a genus of ray-finned fishes in the Pristigasteridae family. The genus contains six species.- Species :* Pellona altamazonica Cope, 1872* Pellona castelnaeana Valenciennes, 1847...
. The taxonomic classification of this family is in doubt. One common name for the taxon is longfin herring.