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Hiodontidae
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Hiodontidae [‚hī·ə′dänt·ə‚dē]
(vertebrate zoology)
A family of tropical, fresh-water actinopterygian fishes in the order Osteoglossiformes containing the mooneyes of North America.


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tergisus, mooneye 16 Anguillidae Anguilla rostrata, American eel Clupeidae Alosa chrysochloris, skipjack herring Dorosoma cepedianum, gizzard shad 3648 267 319 D.
tergisus LeSueur, mooneye W, S Order Anguilliformes (eels) Family Anguillidae (eel) Anguilla rostrata (LeSueur), W, S American eel Order Clupeiformes (herring, shad) Family Clupeidae (herring) Alosa chrysochloris W, S (Rafinesque), skipjack herring A.
Of these species, the shov elnose sturgeon (Scaphirhynchus platorynchus), mooneye (Hiodon tergisus), gravel chub (Erimystax x-punctata), speckled chub (Extrarius aestivalis), bull head minnow (Pimephales vigilax), blue sucker (Cycleptus elongatus), small mouth buffalo (Ictiobus bubalus), sauger (Stizostedion canadense), walleye (S.
 
 
 
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