Clupeidae


 
 

Subfamily Dussumieriinae (round herrings)

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    Dayella

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    Dussumieria

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    Etrumeus

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    Gilchristella

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    Jenkinsia

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    Luisiella

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    Sauvagella

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    Spratelloides

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    Spratellomorpha

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Subfamily Clupeinae

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    Amblygaster

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    Clupea

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    Clupeonella

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    Escualosa

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    Harengula

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    Herklotsichthys

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    Lile

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    Opisthonema

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Subfamily Alosinae (shads, menhadens)

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    Alosa

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    Brevoortia

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    Caspialosa

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    Ethmalosa

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    Ethmidium

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    Gudusia

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    Hilsa

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    Tenualosa

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Subfamily Pellonulinae

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    Knightia

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    Clupeichthys

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    Clupeoides

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    Congothrissa

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    Corica

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    Cynothrissa

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    Ehirava

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    Hyperlophus

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    Laeviscutella

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    Limnothrissa

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    Microthrissa

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    Odaxothrissa

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    Pellonula

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    Poecilothrissa

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    Potamalosa

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    Potamothrissa

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    Stalothrissa

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Subfamily Dorosomatinae (gizzard shads)

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    Anodontostoma

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    Clupanodon

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    Dorosoma

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    Gonialosa

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    Konosirus

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    Nematalosa

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ungrouped

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    Erichalcis

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    Ilisha

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    Nannothrissa

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    Neoopisthopterus

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    Pellona

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    Platanichthys

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    Ramnogaster

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    Rhinosardinia

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    Sardina

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    Sardinella

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    Sardinops

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    Sierrathrissa

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    Sprattus

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    Stolothrissa

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    Strangomera

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    Thrattidion

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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.

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Some important species:

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

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    Shad: A. caspia (Caspian shad)A. kessleri (Caspian anadromous shad)A. pseudoharengus (Alewife)A. sapidissima (American or Atlantic shad)A. tenualosa ilisha (Persian Gulf shad)many othersThe shads or river herrings comprise the genus Alosa, fishes related to herring in the family Clupeidae. They are disti...

    Sardine: Sardines or pilchards are a group of several types of small oily fish related to herrings, family Clupeidae. The terms are not precise, and the usual meanings vary by region; for instance, to many people a "sardine" is a young European pilchard. (FishBase, a comprehensive database of information a...

    Menhaden: The menhadens comprise two genera of marine fish in the family Clupeidae....

~ Table of Content ~

Introduction
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FR: Clupeidae


 

~ Related Subjects ~

Fish (3) - Clupeidae (3) - Herring (3) - Mediterranean Sea (1) - Atlantic Ocean (1) - FishBase (1) - European pilchard (1) - Fresh water (1) - Food fish (1) - Menhaden (1) - Sardine (1) - Family (1) - Shad (1) - Genus (1) -
 

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