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Dorosomatidae
Bahia sprat
Rhinosardinia bahiensis
Dorosomatid Fish of Freshwater Basins
- Tropical
- Lower river
- Southern Hemisphere
- Regional distribution
- South America
- Fusiform
- Compressed cross-section
- Small
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Regional distribution
Fusiform
Compressed cross-section
SmallBahia sprat is a freshwater fish of South America. The species occupies freshwater habitats. Records give a maximum length of 8 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Herrings
- Family
- Dorosomatidae
- Genus
- Rhinosardinia
- Maximum length
- 8 cm
- Body shape
- fusiform
- Distribution
- South America: lower reaches of the Orinoco; Surinam; Pernambuco and Bahia, Brazil. Many records of the species are unconfirmed and its real distribution is not certain.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
