Potamothrissa

Potamothrissa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Clupeiformes
Family:	Clupeidae
Genus:	Potamothrissa Regan, 1917

Potamothrissa is a genus of fish in the herring family, Clupeidae, which is native to Africa. It currently contains three species.

Species

Potamothrissa acutirostris (Boulenger, 1899) (Sharpnosed sawtooth pellonuline)
Potamothrissa obtusirostris (Boulenger, 1909) (Bluntnosed sawtooth pellonuline)
Potamothrissa whiteheadi Poll, 1974 (Whitehead's sawtooth pellonuline)

References

Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2011). Species of Potamothrissa in FishBase. June 2011 version.

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