Herklotsichthys punctatus

(Herklotsichthys punctatus)

Description

Herklotsichthys punctatus, the spotback herring or spotted herring, is a species of herring from the family Clupeidae from the western Indian Ocean, the Red Sea and more recently the Levantine Sea in the eastern Mediterranean Sea by Lessepsian migration via the Suez Canal.

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum:
Class: Actinopterygii
Order:Clupeiformes
Family:Clupeidae
Genus:Herklotsichthys
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