Etrumeus whiteheadi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Clupeoidei

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Otomorpha Subcohors: Clupei Superordo: Clupeomorpha Ordo: Clupeiformes Subordo: Clupeoidei

Familia: Clupeidae
Subfamilia: Dussumieriinae
Genus: Etrumeus
Species: Etrumeus whiteheadi

Name

• Etrumeus whiteheadi Wongratana, 1983

Holotype: BMNH 1890.6.27.24. Paratypes: BMNH 1965.11.26.1-3 (3); SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 3844 (8), 5706 (2).

Type locality: Southwestern Indian Ocean, South Africa, Algoa Bay, Port Elizabeth.[1]

Etymology: named in honour for Peter J.P. Whitehead, English ichthyologist.

Vernacular names

English: Whitehead's round herring

References

• Wongratana, T.; 1983: Diagnoses of 24 new species and proposal of a new name for a species of Indo-Pacific clupeoid fishes. Japanese Journal of Ichthyology, 29 (4): 385–407.
• Etrumeus whiteheadi in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.