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Clupea Harengus
Clupeidae
Clupeidae is the family of the herrings, shads, sardines, hilsa 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
- Subfamily Alosinae (shads, menhadens)
- Subfamily Pellonulinae
- Knightia (prehistoric)
- Clupeichthys
- Clupeoides
- Congothrissa
- Corica
- Cynothrissa
- Ehirava
- Hyperlophus
- Laeviscutella
- Limnothrissa
- Microthrissa
- Minyclupeoides
- Odaxothrissa
- Pellonula
- Poecilothrissa
- Potamalosa
- Potamothrissa
- Stalothrissa
- Subfamily Dorosomatinae (gizzard shads)
- Incertae sedis
References
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