California grunion
A species of Leuresthes Scientific name : Leuresthes tenuis Genus : Leuresthes
California grunion, A species of Leuresthes
Botanical name: Leuresthes tenuis
Genus: Leuresthes
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Photo By Eric Wittman from Wichita, Kansas, USA , used under CC-BY-2.0 /Cropped and compressed from original 
Description
The California grunion is a long, slender fish with a deeply forked tail. The dorsal fin is in two parts and has five to seven spines and nine to ten soft rays. The origin of the anal fin is immediately below the first dorsal fin, and this fin has twenty-one to twenty-four soft rays. The fish grows to a maximum length of 19 cm (7 in). It is greenish above and silvery below. There is a blue patch on the cheek and a silvery-blue lateral stripe along the side.
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Photo By Eric Wittman from Wichita, Kansas, USA , used under CC-BY-2.0 /Cropped and compressed from original 
Scientific Classification
Phylum
Chordates Class
Fish Order
Silverside Family
Neotropical silversides Genus
Leuresthes Species
California grunion 
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