Ethmidium

Ethmidium
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Division: Teleostei
Order: Clupeiformes
Family: Alosidae
Genus: Ethmidium
W. F. Thompson, 1916
Species:
E. maculatum
Binomial name
Ethmidium maculatum
(Valenciennes, 1847)
Synonyms
  • Alausa maculata Valenciennes, 1847
  • Brevoortia maculata (Valenciennes, 1847)
  • Clupea maculata (Valenciennes, 1847)
  • Alausa coerulea Valenciennes, 1847
  • Clupea notacanthus Günther, 1868
  • Clupea notacanthoides Steindachner, 1869
  • Ethmidium chilcae Hildebrand, 1946
  • Brevoortia maculata chilcae (Hildebrand, 1946)

Ethmidium is a monospecific genus of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Alosidae, the shads and menhadens. The only species in the genus is Ethmidium maculatum, the Pacific menhaden, a species found along the Pacific coast of South America off Peru and Chile.

References

  1. ↑ Di Dario, F. (2020). "Ethmidium maculatum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020 e.T183709A102895124. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-1.RLTS.T183709A102895124.en.
  2. ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Ethmidium maculatum". FishBase. June 2024 version.
  3. ↑ Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard, eds. (2026). "Genera in the family Alosidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences.