Ethmidium

{{Short description|Species of fish}} {{Speciesbox | image = Ethmidium maculatum.jpg | status = DD | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name=iucn>{{cite iucn |author=Di Dario, F. |year=2020 |title=''Ethmidium maculatum'' |article-number=e.T183709A102895124 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-1.RLTS.T183709A102895124.en}}</ref> | taxon = Ethmidium maculatum | parent_authority = W. F. Thompson, 1916 | authority = (Valenciennes, 1847) | synonyms = {{Specieslist | Alausa maculata | Valenciennes, 1847 | Brevoortia maculata | (Valenciennes, 1847) | Clupea maculata | (Valenciennes, 1847) | Alausa coerulea | Valenciennes, 1847 | Clupea notacanthus | Günther, 1868 | Clupea notacanthoides | Steindachner, 1869 | Ethmidium chilcae | Hildebrand, 1946 | Brevoortia maculata chilcae | (Hildebrand, 1946) }} |synonyms_ref = <ref name = Fishbase>{{FishBase|Ethmidium|maculatum|month=June|year=2024}}</ref> }}

'''''Ethmidium''''' is a monospecific genus of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Clupeidae, the herrings and sprats. The only species in the genus is '''''Ethmidium maculatum''''', the '''Pacific menhaden''', a species found along the Pacific coast of South America off Peru and Chile.

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Category:Clupeidae Category:Fish described in 1916 Category:Monotypic Actinopterygii genera