Raconda

Raconda is a monospecific genus of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Pristigasteridae, the longfin herrings. The only species in the genus is Raconda russeliana, the raconda, a species found in the eastern Indian Ocean and far western Pacific Ocean.

Raconda
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Clupeiformes
Family:	Pristigasteridae
Genus:	Raconda J. E. Gray, 1831
Species:	R. russeliana
Binomial name
Raconda russeliana J. E. Gray, 1831
Synonyms[2]
Apterygia ramcarata J. E. Gray, 1835 Apterygia hamiltoni Valenciennes, 1847