Pliosteostoma is a monospecific genus of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Pristigasteridae, the longfin herrings. The only species in the genus is Pliosteostoma lutipinnis, the yellowfin herring, a species found along the Pacific coast of Central and South America between Mexico and Ecuador.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Clupeiformes |
| Family: | Pristigasteridae |
| Genus: | Pliosteostoma Norman, 1923 |
| Species: | P. lutipinnis
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| Binomial name | |
| Pliosteostoma lutipinnis (D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1882)
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References
edit- ^ Di Dario, F. (2020). "Pliosteostoma lutipinnis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T183416A102897523. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-1.RLTS.T183416A102897523.en. Retrieved 20 November 2024.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Pliosteostoma lutipinnis". FishBase. June 2024 version.
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