Laeviscutella dekimpei

Laeviscutella dekimpei
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Clupeiformes
Family: Clupeidae
Genus: Laeviscutella
Poll, Whitehead & A. J. Hopson, 1965
Species: L. dekimpei
Binomial name
Laeviscutella dekimpei
Poll, Whitehead & A. J. Hopson, 1965

Laeviscutella dekimpei, the roundbelly pellonuline , is a small fish belonging to the herring family, Clupeidae, which inhabits rivers and brackish lagoons in Africa. It is the only member of its genus.

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