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Pristigasteridae
tropical longfin herring
Neoopisthopterus tropicus
Fish Reaching Eleven Point Five Centimeters in Central Pacific
- Tropical
- Regional distribution
- Pacific Ocean
- South America
- Fusiform
- Compressed cross-section
- Small
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Regional distribution
Pacific Ocean
Fusiform
Smalltropical longfin herring is a fish from Eastern Central Pacific. It inhabits estuaries and brackish water. The largest recorded length is 11.5 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Herrings
- Family
- Pristigasteridae
- Genus
- Neoopisthopterus
- Maximum length
- 11.5 cm
- Body shape
- fusiform
- Distribution
- Eastern Central Pacific: Gulf of California to the northern tip of Peru.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
