''Escualosa'' is a genus of fishes in the herring family,

Clupeidae Clupeidae is a family of ray-finned fishes, comprising, for instance, the herrings, shads, sardines, hilsa, and menhadens. The clupeoids include many of the most important food fishes in the world, and are also commonly caught for production of ...

. The genus currently contains two described species.

Species

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Escualosa elongata The slender white sardine (''Escualosa elongata'') is a species of sardine (family Clupeidae) in the genus ''Escualosa''.

'' Wongratana, 1983 (Slender white sardine) * ''

Escualosa thoracata The white sardine (''Escualosa thoracata'') is a species of fish in the family Clupeidae. It was described by Achille Valenciennes in 1847. It is a tropical fish of the Indo-Pacific distributed from Thailand to Indonesia and Australia.Froese, R. ...

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Valenciennes Valenciennes (, also , , ; nl, label=also Dutch, Valencijn; pcd, Valincyinnes or ; la, Valentianae) is a commune in the Nord department, Hauts-de-France, France. It lies on the Scheldt () river. Although the city and region experienced a s ...

, 1847) (White sardine)

References

* Marine fish genera Taxa named by Gilbert Percy Whitley {{Clupeiformes-stub