Author: Lacepède, 1800
FBname: Guiana longfin herring
Comments: Occurs inshore, off river mouths, in estuaries, and some distance up rivers in freshwater (e.g., up Coppename River near Wilhelmina Mts, Suriname).  Found over sand and mud bottom (Ref. 5217).  Possibly spawns in rivers.  Utilized as a food fish at some localities (Ref. 5217).