Jenkinsia
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| Jenkinsia | |
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| A school of Florida round herring (J. stolifera) in the United States Virgin Islands | |
Scientific classification  | |
| 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] | |
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.
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