clupeid

7 letters · noun · scores 1,800 in SpellHuntr

noun

any of numerous soft-finned schooling food fishes of shallow waters of northern seas

Clupeid in a sentence

The open water expanses of the lake have been occupied mainly by two species of clupeids, as well as by Eutropius niloticus and Physailia pellucida.

In the pelagic zone of Lake Tanganyika, the endemic clupeids are planktivores which migrate surfacewards at night (cf. marine clupeids, p. 227).

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