Clupeoidei
| Clupeoidei | |
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| Atlantic herring, (Clupea harengus) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Clupeiformes |
| Suborder: | Clupeoidei Bleeker, 1849[1] |
Clupeoidei is a suborder of marine and freshwater ray-finned fishes belonging to the order Clupeiformes, an order which includes the herrings, anchovies and shads.
Classification
[edit]The Clupeoidei has the follwoing families classified within it:[2][3]
- Family Spratelloididae Jordan, 1925 (dwarf herrings or small round herrings)
- Family Engraulidae Gill, 1861 (anchovies)
- Subfamily Coiliinae Bleeker, 1872 (Old World anchovies)
- Subfamily Engraulinae Gill, 1861 (anchovies)
- Family Clupeidae Cuvier, 1816 (herrings and sprats)
- Family Chirocentridae Bleeker, 1849 (wolf herrings)
- Family Dussumieriidae Gill, 1861 (round herrings or rainbow sardines)
- Family Pristigasteridae Bleeker, 1872 (longfin herrings)
- Family Ehiravidae Deraniyagala, 1929 (river sprats)
- Family Alosidae Svetovidov, 1952 (shads and sardines)
- Family Dorosomatidae Gill, 1861 (thread herrings or gizzard shads and sardinellas)
References
[edit]- ^ Thomas J. Near; Christine E. Thacker. "Phylogenetic Classification of Living and Fossil Ray-Finned Fishes (Actinopterygii)". Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History. 65 (1): 3–302. doi:10.3374/014.065.0101.
- ^ "Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes Classification". California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 5 November 2024.
- ^ Richard van der Laan; William N. Eschmeyer & Ronald Fricke (2014). "Family-group names of recent fishes". Zootaxa. 3882 (2): 1–230. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1. PMID 25543675.