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Opisthonema is a
genus of herrings, the
thread herrings,
found in
tropical waters of the
Western Hemisphere. They get
their name from a
filamentous nature...
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly,
Daniel (eds.) (2012). "
Opisthonema berlangai" in FishBase.
April 2012 version. "
Opisthonema libertate".
Integrated Taxonomic Information...
- The
Atlantic thread herring (
Opisthonema oglinum) is a herring-like fish in the
family Clupeidae. It has a dark blue-gray back,
silvery sides, a white...
- The
Pacific thread herring or deep-bodied
Pacific thread herring (
Opisthonema libertate) is a herring-like fish in the
family Clupeidae. It is
found in...
- Lile
Limnothrissa Microthrissa Nannothrissa Nematalosa Odaxothrissa Opisthonema Pellonula Platanichthys Poecilothrissa Potamothrissa Rhinosardinia Sardinella...
- the
family Clupeidae:
Atlantic thread herring (
Opisthonema oglinum)
Pacific thread herring (
Opisthonema libertate) This
disambiguation page
lists articles...
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Atlantic threadfin Polydactylus octonemus Y Y
Atlantic thread herring Opisthonema oglinum Y Y
Atlantic torpedo Tetronarce nobiliana Y Y
Atlantic tripletail...
- Wild 202,816
Pacific thread herring Opisthonema libertate Wild 201,993 One of five
species in the
genus Opisthonema Bigeye scad
Selar crumenophthalmus...
- feed on
Pacific sardine (Sardinops sagax) and
Pacific thread herring (
Opisthonema libertate) (about 88%), but also feed on
euphausiids (mostly Nyctiphanes...
- (Engraulidae) and
clupeoids such as menhaden,
alewives and
thread herring (
Opisthonema), are
particularly important forage in
North Carolina, Florida, Texas...
