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Flower of the Wave

Iso rhothophilus

Classification

Family
Isonidae

Iso is an Indo-Pacific genus of silversides, commonly called surf sardines, the only genus in the monogeneric family Isonidae, they were formerly classified in the family Notocheiridae alongside the surf silverside but they are now thought to be within the suborder Atherinoidei while the surf silverside is classified in the suborder Atherinopsoidei, along with the Neotropical silversides. It contains five species to date, the first of which was described in 1895. Species The currently recognized species in this genus are: Iso flosmaris D.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
France · 2