''Clupeichthys'' is a genus of
sprat
Sprat is the common name applied to a group of forage fish belonging to the genus ''Sprattus'' in the Family (biology), family Clupeidae. The term also is applied to a number of other small sprat-like forage fish (''Clupeoides'', ''Clupeonella ...
s,
herring-like fishes, that occur in rivers in
Southeast Asia
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. There are currently four recognized species in the genus.
Species
* ''
Clupeichthys aesarnensis''
Wongratana, 1983 (Thai river sprat)
* ''
Clupeichthys bleekeri''
(Hardenberg
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, 1936) (Kapuas river sprat)
* ''
Clupeichthys goniognathus''
Bleeker, 1855 (Sumatran river sprat)
* ''
Clupeichthys perakensis''
( Herre, 1936) (Perak river sprat)
References
*
Ehiravidae
Freshwater fish genera
Taxa named by Pieter Bleeker
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