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Dorosomatidae
Nicaragua gizzard shad
Dorosoma chavesi
Near Threatened Dorosomatid Fish in the Record
- Tropical
- Regional distribution
- Freshwater fish
- Central America and the Caribbean
- Fusiform
- Compressed cross-section
- Medium
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Regional distribution
Freshwater fish
Fusiform
MediumNicaragua gizzard shad is a freshwater fish of Central America. The species occupies freshwater habitats. The largest recorded length is 18 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Herrings
- Family
- Dorosomatidae
- Genus
- Dorosoma
- Maximum length
- 18 cm
- Water
- Freshwater
- Body shape
- fusiform
- Distribution
- Central America: Nicaragua (lakes Managua and Nicaragua and affluent streams or rivers) and Costa Rica.
- Conservation status
- NTNear Threatened
Class
Family
Conservation status
