Jenkinsia is a genus of round herring in the family Spratelloididae. They are found in the central western Atlantic Ocean, the Gulf of Mexico, and the Caribbean Sea. Four recognized species are placed in this genus.
| Jenkinsia | |
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| A school of Florida round herring (J. stolifera) in the United States Virgin Islands | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Clupeiformes |
| Family: | Spratelloididae |
| Genus: | Jenkinsia D. S. Jordan & Evermann, 1896 |
| Type species | |
| Dussumieria stolifera Jordan & Gilbert, 1884[1]
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Species
editJenkinsia contains the following species:[2]
- Jenkinsia lamprotaenia (P. H. Gosse, 1851) (dwarf round herring)
- Jenkinsia majua Whitehead, 1963 (little-eye round herring)
- Jenkinsia parvula Cervigón & Velazquez, 1978 (short-striped round herring)
- Jenkinsia stolifera (D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1884) (Florida round herring)
References
edit- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Spratelloididae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Jemkinsia". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Jenkinsia". FishBase. June 2011 version.
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