Dussumieriidae
| Round herrings Temporal range: Ypresian - Holocene | |
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| D. acuta | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Clupeiformes |
| Family: | Dussumieriidae Whitehead, 1963 |
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Dussumieriidae is a family of clupeiform fishes popularly called the "round herrings". It is now recognized by Fishbase as a family in its own right; it had been considered to be a subfamily of Clupeidae. It contains two extant genera, and one extinct genus from the Ypresian of Monte Bolca.
References
- Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2012). "Dussumieriidae" in FishBase. August 2012 version.
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