Day's round herring
| Day's round herring | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Superorder: | Clupeomorpha |
| Order: | Clupeiformes |
| Suborder: | Clupeoidei |
| Family: | Ehiravidae |
| Genus: | Dayella Talwar & Whitehead, 1972 |
| Species: | D. malabarica |
| Binomial name | |
| Dayella malabarica (F. Day, 1873) | |
| Synonyms | |
| Spratelloides malabaricus | |
The Day's round herring (Dayella malabarica) is a relative of the herring that is endemic to southwestern India. It is the only species in its genus. It is named after Francis Day who described the species in 1873.
References
[edit]- ^ Mohd Arshaad, W.; Munroe, T.A.; Gaughan, D.; Raghavan, R. & Ali, A. (2017). "Dayella malabarica". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T172314A60601652. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T172314A60601652.en. Retrieved 2 January 2023.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Dayella malabarica". FishBase. June 2011 version.
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