Pliosteostoma lutipinnis

Pliosteostoma lutipinnis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Clupeiformes
Family: Clupeidae
Genus: Pliosteostoma
Norman, 1923
Species: P. lutipinnis
Binomial name
Pliosteostoma lutipinnis
(D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1882)

Pliosteostoma lutipinnis, the yellowfin herring, is a herring that is found along the coast of Central and South America from Mexico to Ecuador. It is the only species in its genus.

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