''Etrumeus'' is a genus of round herrings in the family, Dussumieriidae. They are found in
Indo-Pacific
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and
Atlantic
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.
Species
There are currently seven recognized species in this genus:
* ''
Etrumeus acuminatus''
Gilbert, 1890 (Eastern Pacific red-eye round herring)
* ''
Etrumeus golanii''
DiBattista, J. E. Randall & Bowen, 2012[DiBattista, J.D., Randall, J.E. & Bowen, B.W. (2012): Review of the round herrings of the genus Etrumeus (Clupeidae: Dussumieriinae) of Africa, with descriptions of two new species / Revue des shadines rondes africaines du genre Etrumeus (Clupeidae : Dussumieriinae) et description de deux nouvelles espèces. ''Cybium, 36 (3): 447-460.'']
* ''
Etrumeus makiawa''
J. E. Randall & DiBattista, 2012[Randall, J.E. & DiBattista, J.D. (2012): ''Etrumeus makiawa'', a New Species of Round Herring (Clupeidae: Dussumierinae) from the Hawaiian Islands. ''Pacific Science'' 66 (1): 97-110.]
* ''
Etrumeus micropus''
(Temminck
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Biography
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& Schlegel
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, 1846)
* ''
Etrumeus sadina''
(Mitchill, 1814) (Atlantic red-eye round herring)
* ''
Etrumeus whiteheadi''
Wongratana, 1983 (Whitehead's round herring)
* ''
Etrumeus wongratanai''
DiBattista, J. E. Randall & Bowen, 2012[
]
References
Dussumieriidae
Marine fish genera
Taxa named by Pieter Bleeker
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