''Rhinosardinia'' is a small genus of sprats restricted to the rivers of
South America
South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere at the northern tip of the continent. It can also be described as the southe ...
. There are currently only two described species in the genus.
Species
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Rhinosardinia amazonica''
(Steindachner
Franz Steindachner (11 November 1834 in Vienna – 10 December 1919 in Vienna) was an Austrian zoologist, ichthyologist, and herpetologist. He published over 200 papers on fishes and over 50 papers on reptiles and amphibians. Steindachner describ ...
, 1879) (Amazon spinejaw sprat)
* ''
Rhinosardinia bahiensis''
(Steindachner
Franz Steindachner (11 November 1834 in Vienna – 10 December 1919 in Vienna) was an Austrian zoologist, ichthyologist, and herpetologist. He published over 200 papers on fishes and over 50 papers on reptiles and amphibians. Steindachner describ ...
, 1879) (Bahia sprat)
References
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Clupeidae
Fish of South America
Freshwater fish genera
Taxa named by Carl H. Eigenmann
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