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ray-finned fishes

herrings, shads, sardines, and menhadens

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Blue herring

Alosa chrysochloris

KingdomAnimaliaanimal kingdom
- ClassActinopterygiiray-finned fishes
  - OrderClupeiformes
    Clupeiformes: information (2)
    Clupeiformes: pictures (4)
    - FamilyClupeidaeherrings, shads, sardines, and menhadens
      Clupeidae: information (1)
      Clupeidae: pictures (3)
      - SpeciesAlosa chrysochlorisBlue herring
        Alosa chrysochloris: information (1)

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