Clupeidae

Atlantic herring Scientific classification

Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Clupeiformes
Family:	Clupeidae

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[?]     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[?]

Clupeidae is the family of the herrings, shads[?], sardines, and menhadens. It includes many of the most important food fishes[?] in the world.

Species:

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

External links

• FishBase info for Clupeidae (http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/FamilySummary.cfm?ID=43)
• Miko's Phylogeny Archive (http://www.fmnh.helsinki.fi/users/haaramo/Metazoa/Deuterostoma/Chordata/Actinopterygii/Clupeiformes/Clupeidae.htm)