Clupeidae
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 Atlantic herring, Clupea harengus
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Dussumieriinae |
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
- Knightia † extinct
- 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
