| Wolf herring Temporal range: | |
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| Dorab wolf-herring | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Division: | Teleostei |
| Order: | Clupeiformes |
| Family: | Chirocentridae Bleeker, 1849 |
| Genus: | Chirocentrus Cuvier, 1816 |
| Type species | |
| Clupea dorab Fabricius, 1775 | |
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| Synonyms | |
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Wolf herring are a family (Chirocentridae) of two marine species of ray-finned fish related to herrings.
Both species have elongated bodies and jaws with long sharp teeth that aid their ravenous appetites, primarily for other fish. They can grow up to 1 m in length and have silvery sides with bluish backs.
They are commercially fished and sold fresh or frozen.
Wolf herring tend to stay near coastal waters off Africa and Asia, mostly in the Indian Ocean, but some have also been spotted near Australian beaches.
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