Jenkinsia

Genus of fishes

Jenkinsia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Clupeiformes
Family: Spratelloididae
Genus: Jenkinsia
D. S. Jordan & Evermann, 1896
A large group of fish are seen swimming in water.
Jenkinsia are seen in Puerto Rico in 2005.

Jenkinsia is a genus of round herring in the family Spratelloididae. They are found in the central western Atlantic Ocean, the Gulf of Mexico, and the Caribbean Sea. Four recognized species are placed in this genus.

Species

  • Jenkinsia lamprotaenia (P. H. Gosse, 1851) (dwarf round herring)
  • Jenkinsia majua Whitehead, 1963 (little-eye round herring)
  • Jenkinsia parvula Cervigón & Velazquez, 1978 (short-striped round herring)
  • Jenkinsia stolifera (D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1884) (Florida round herring)

References

  • Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). Species of Jenkinsia in FishBase. June 2011 version.
Taxon identifiers
Jenkinsia


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