Laeviscutella

Laeviscutella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Clupeiformes
Family:	Clupeidae
Genus:	Laeviscutella; Poll, Whitehead & A. J. Hopson, 1965
Species:	L. dekimpei
Binomial name
	Laeviscutella dekimpei; Poll, Whitehead & A. J. Hopson, 1965

Laeviscutella dekimpei, the roundbelly pellonuline , is a small fish belonging to the herring family, Clupeidae, which inhabits rivers and brackish lagoons in Africa. It is the only member of its genus.

References

Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2011). "Laeviscutella dekimpei" in FishBase. June 2011 version.

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