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Pristigaster is a small genus of ray-finned fish belonging to the family Pristigasteridae. It contains two species, both restricted to the Amazon Basin in South America.

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Pristigaster
Pristigaster cayana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Clupeiformes
Family:	Pristigasteridae
Genus:	Pristigaster Cuvier, 1816

Species

• Pristigaster cayana Cuvier, 1829 (Amazon hatchet herring)
• Pristigaster whiteheadi Menezes & de Pinna, 2000

References

• Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). Species of Pristigaster in FishBase. June 2011 version.

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