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Day's round herring

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Actinopterygii

Family
  
Clupeidae

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Clupeiformes

Rank
  
Species

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Genus
  
Dayella Talwar & Whitehead, 1972

Similar
  
Corica, Gonialosa, Odaxothrissa

The Day's round herring (Dayella malabarica) is a relative of the herring that is endemic to southwestern India. It is the only species in its genus. It is named after Francis Day who described the species in 1873.

References

Day's round herring Wikipedia