Potamalosa

{{Short description|Species of fish}} {{Speciesbox | name = Australian freshwater herring | image = | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name=iucn>{{cite iucn |author=Brooks, S. |author2=Butler, G. |author3=Gilligan, D. |author4=Raadik, T. |name-list-style=amp |year=2019 |title=''Potamalosa richmondia'' |article-number=e.T98821820A123381878 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T98821820A123381878.en |access-date=20 November 2021}}</ref> | taxon = Potamalosa richmondia | parent_authority = J. D. Ogilby, 1897 | authority = (W. J. Macleay, 1879) }}

'''''Potamalosa''''' is a monospecific genus of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Clupeidae, which includes the anchovies, herrings and sprats. The only species in the genus is ''Potamalosa richmondia'', the '''Australian freshwater herring'''. This species is endemic to eastern Australia where it lives in rivers, spawning in estuaries.

==References== {{Reflist}} *{{FishBase |genus= Potamalosa|species= richmondia| month = June| year = 2011}}

Category:Clupeidae Category:Taxa named by William John Macleay Category:Fish described in 1879 Category:Monotypic fish genera Category:Monotypic freshwater fish genera Category:Monotypic Actinopterygii genera