''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 producti ...
. The genus currently contains two described species.
Species
* ''
Escualosa elongata''
Wongratana, 1983 (Slender white sardine)
* ''
Escualosa thoracata''
(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 ...
, 1847) (White sardine)
References
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Marine fish genera
Taxa named by Gilbert Percy Whitley
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