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Mooneye

Hiodon tergisus

Classification

Hiodontidae, commonly called mooneyes, is a family of ray-finned fish with a single included genus Hiodon. The genus comprise two extant species native to North America and three to five extinct species recorded from Paleocene to Eocene age fossils. They are large-eyed, fork-tailed fish that superficially resemble shads.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
United States of America · 160Canada · 118