Clupeidae

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iClupeidae
Atlantic herring, Clupea harengus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Clupeiformes Family: Clupeidae
Subfamilies
Dussumieriinae Clupeinae Alosinae Pellonulinae Dorosomatinae See text for genera.

Clupeidae is the family of the herrings, shads, sardines, and menhadens. It includes many of the most important food fishes in the world.

[edit] Species

Important commercial species include:

• Atlantic menhaden, Brevoortia tyrannus
• Atlantic herring, Clupea harengus
• Baltic herring, Clupea harengus membras
• Pacific herring, Clupea pallasii
• European pilchard, Sardina pilchardus

[edit] Genera

• Subfamily Dussumieriinae (round herrings)
  • Dayella
  • Dussumieria
  • Etrumeus
  • Gilchristella
  • Jenkinsia
  • Luisiella
  • Sauvagella
  • Spratelloides
  • Spratellomorpha
• Subfamily Clupeinae
  • Amblygaster
  • Clupea
  • Clupeonella
  • Escualosa
  • Harengula
  • Herklotsichthys
  • Lile
  • Opisthonema
• Subfamily Alosinae (shads, menhadens)
  • Alosa
  • Brevoortia
  • Caspialosa
  • Ethmalosa
  • Ethmidium
  • Gudusia
  • Hilsa
  • Tenualosa
• Subfamily Pellonulinae
  • Knightia (prehistoric)
  • Clupeichthys
  • Clupeoides
  • Congothrissa
  • Corica
  • Cynothrissa
  • Ehirava
  • Hyperlophus
  • Laeviscutella
  • Limnothrissa
  • Microthrissa
  • Odaxothrissa
  • Pellonula
  • Poecilothrissa
  • Potamalosa
  • Potamothrissa
  • Stalothrissa
• Subfamily Dorosomatinae (gizzard shads)
  • Anodontostoma
  • Clupanodon
  • Dorosoma
  • Gonialosa
  • Konosirus
  • Nematalosa
• Incertae sedis
  • Erichalcis
  • Ilisha
  • Nannothrissa
  • Neoopisthopterus
  • Pellona
  • Platanichthys
  • Ramnogaster
  • Rhinosardinia
  • Sardina
  • Sardinella
  • Sardinops
  • Sierrathrissa
  • Sprattus
  • Stolothrissa
  • Strangomera
  • Thrattidion

[edit] References

• "Clupeidae". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. May 2006 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2006.
• Miko's Phylogeny Archive