''Lile'', the piquitingas, is a genus of small fish belonging to the 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 ...
, which includes the gizzard shads and sardinellas. They are endemic to the Americas. There are currently four recognized species in the genus.
Species
* ''
Lile gracilis''
Castro-Aguirre & Vivero, 1990 (Graceful piquitinga)
* ''
Lile nigrofasciata''
Castro-Aguirre, Ruiz-Campos & Balart, 2002 (Blackstripe herring)
* ''
Lile piquitinga''
( Schreiner & A. Miranda-Ribeiro, 1903) (Atlantic piquitinga)
* ''
Lile stolifera''
(D. S. Jordan
David Starr Jordan (January 19, 1851 – September 19, 1931) was the founding president of Stanford University, serving from 1891 to 1913. He was an ichthyologist during his research career. Prior to serving as president of Stanford Universi ...
& C. H. Gilbert, 1882) (Pacific piquitinga)
References
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Dorosomatidae
Taxa named by David Starr Jordan
Taxa named by Barton Warren Evermann
Marine fish genera
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