Clupeidae
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Clupeidae is the family of the herrings, shads, sardines, and menhadens. It includes many of the most important food fishes in the world.
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
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
- ungrouped
- * Erichalcis
- * Ilisha
- * Nannothrissa
- * Neoopisthopterus
- * Pellona
- * Platanichthys
- * Ramnogaster
- * Rhinosardinia
- * Sardina
- * Sardinella
- * Sardinops
- * Sierrathrissa
- * Sprattus
- * Stolothrissa
- * Strangomera
- * Thrattidion
References
- ["Clupeidae"]. FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. May 2006 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2006.
- [Miko's Phylogeny Archive]
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