''Laeviscutella dekimpei'', the roundbelly pellonuline, is a small fish belonging to the herring family, Clupeidae, which inhabits rivers and

brackish Brackish water, sometimes termed brack water, is water occurring in a natural environment that has more salinity than freshwater, but not as much as seawater. It may result from mixing seawater (salt water) and fresh water together, as in estuari ...

lagoons A lagoon is a shallow body of water separated from a larger body of water by a narrow landform, such as reefs, barrier islands, barrier peninsulas, or isthmuses. Lagoons are commonly divided into ''coastal lagoons'' (or ''barrier lagoons'') a ...

Africa Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent, after Asia in both cases. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of Earth's total surface area ...

. It is the only member of its genus.

References

* Clupeidae Fish of Africa Taxa named by Max Poll Fish described in 1965 Monotypic fish genera Monotypic freshwater fish genera Monotypic ray-finned fish genera {{Clupeiformes-stub