''Escualosa'' is a genus of fishes in the herring family,
Dorosomatidae
Dorosomatidae is a family of clupeiform fishes. It is now recognized by FishBase as a family in its own right; it had been considered to be a subfamily of Clupeidae. It contains 31 extant
Extant or Least-concern species, least concern is ...
. The genus currently contains two described species. They are found in Indo-Pacific.
Species
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Escualosa elongata''
Wongratana, 1983 (Slender white sardine)
* ''
Escualosa thoracata''
(Valenciennes
Valenciennes (, also , , ; ; or ; ) is a communes of France, commune in the Nord (French department), Nord Departments of France, department, Hauts-de-France, France.
It lies on the Scheldt () river. Although the city and region experienced ...
, 1847) (White sardine)
References
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Dorosomatidae
Marine fish genera
Taxa named by Gilbert Percy Whitley
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