WoRMS taxon details
Clupeidae Cuvier, 1816
- Genus Clupea Linnaeus, 1758
- Genus Ethmidium Thompson, 1916
- Genus Hyperlophus Ogilby, 1892
- Genus Pliosteostoma Norman, 1923
- Genus Potamalosa Ogilby, 1897
- Genus Ramnogaster Whitehead, 1965
- Genus Sprattus Girgensohn, 1846
- Genus Strangomera Whitehead, 1965
- Genus Ambligaster accepted as Amblygaster Bleeker, 1849 (misspelling)
- Genus Amblyogaster accepted as Amblygaster Bleeker, 1849 (misspelling)
- Genus Anadontostoma accepted as Anodontostoma Bleeker, 1849 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
- Genus Anodontasoma accepted as Anodontostoma Bleeker, 1849 (misspelling)
- Genus Apterygia Gray, 1835 accepted as Raconda Gray, 1831
- Genus Caspiolosa accepted as Caspialosa Berg, 1915 accepted as Alosa Linck, 1790 (misspelling)
- Genus Chatoesus accepted as Chatoessus Cuvier, 1829 accepted as Dorosoma Rafinesque, 1820 (misspelling)
- Genus Clupoides accepted as Clupeoides Bleeker, 1851 (misspelling)
- Genus Corcia accepted as Corica Hamilton, 1822 (misspelling)
- Genus Cynathrissa accepted as Cynothrissa Regan, 1917 accepted as Odaxothrissa Boulenger, 1899 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
- Genus Esculaosa accepted as Escualosa Whitley, 1940 (misspelling)
- Genus Gadusia accepted as Gudusia Fowler, 1911 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
- Genus Harengus Garsault, 1764 accepted as Clupea Linnaeus, 1758
- Genus Herclotsichthys accepted as Herklotsichthys Whitley, 1951 (misspelling)
- Genus Herklosichthys accepted as Herklotsichthys Whitley, 1951 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
- Genus Herkloteichthys accepted as Herklotsichthys Whitley, 1951 (misspelling)
- Genus Herklotsich accepted as Herklotsichthys Whitley, 1951 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
- Genus Herkotslichthys accepted as Herklotsichthys Whitley, 1951 (misspelling)
- Genus Meletta Valenciennes, 1847 accepted as Sprattus Girgensohn, 1846
- Genus Nematalosus accepted as Nematalosa Regan, 1917 (misspelling)
- Genus Nematolosa accepted as Nematalosa Regan, 1917 (misspelling)
- Genus Ophisthonema accepted as Opisthonema Gill, 1861 (misspelling)
- Genus Ophistonema accepted as Opisthonema Gill, 1861 (misspelling)
- Genus Pelonula accepted as Pellonula Günther, 1868 (misspelling)
- Genus Perkinsia Eigenmann, 1891 accepted as Etrumeus Bleeker, 1853
- Genus Pollonula accepted as Pellonula Günther, 1868 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
- Genus Rogenia Valenciennes, 1847 accepted as Clupea Linnaeus, 1758
- Genus Sardinelis accepted as Sardinella Valenciennes, 1847 (misspelling)
- Genus Sardinelola accepted as Sardinella Valenciennes, 1847 (misspelling)
- Genus Sardinopus accepted as Sardinops Hubbs, 1929 (misspelling)
- Genus Spratella Valenciennes, 1847 accepted as Sprattus Girgensohn, 1846
- Genus Spratus accepted as Sprattus Girgensohn, 1846 (misspelling)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Not documented
Distribution Distribution: global (mostly tropical) from 70° N to about 60° S. Chiefly marine coastal and schooling fishes; some...
Distribution Distribution: global (mostly tropical) from 70° N to about 60° S. Chiefly marine coastal and schooling fishes; some freshwater and anadromous. Body usually fusiform, round to strongly compressed. Head without scales; jaw teeth, when present, are small or minute. A single dorsal fin, small and near midpoint of body; pelvic fins more or less below dorsal fin base; dorsal and pelvic fins absent in some species; soft rays only. Lateral line spanning a few scales behind the head in some species, missing in others; scales cycloid (smooth to touch); abdominal scutes usually present (a single pelvic scute in the Dussumieriinae). Branchiostegal rays usually 5-10. Most feed on small planktonic animals. Size range (adults): from 2 to 75 cm. One of the most important family of commercial fishes, processed for food, oil, or fish meal. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2024). FishBase. Clupeidae Cuvier, 1816. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=125464 on 2024-10-30
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taxonomy source
Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3882(1): 1-230., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1 [details] Available for editors 
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context source (PeRMS) Chirichigno, N.; Cornejo, M. (2001). Catálogo comentado de los peces marinos del Perú. <em>2ª ed. Instituto del Mar de Perú. Publicación Especial. Callao.</em> 314 p. [details]
basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2024). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2024., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
[request]context source (PeRMS) Chirichigno, N.; Cornejo, M. (2001). Catálogo comentado de los peces marinos del Perú. <em>2ª ed. Instituto del Mar de Perú. Publicación Especial. Callao.</em> 314 p. [details]
basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2024). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2024., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Distribution Distribution: global (mostly tropical) from 70° N to about 60° S. Chiefly marine coastal and schooling fishes; some freshwater and anadromous. Body usually fusiform, round to strongly compressed. Head without scales; jaw teeth, when present, are small or minute. A single dorsal fin, small and near midpoint of body; pelvic fins more or less below dorsal fin base; dorsal and pelvic fins absent in some species; soft rays only. Lateral line spanning a few scales behind the head in some species, missing in others; scales cycloid (smooth to touch); abdominal scutes usually present (a single pelvic scute in the Dussumieriinae). Branchiostegal rays usually 5-10. Most feed on small planktonic animals. Size range (adults): from 2 to 75 cm. One of the most important family of commercial fishes, processed for food, oil, or fish meal. [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Dutch | haring | [details] |
| English | shadssardinesmenhadensherrings | [details] |
| French | hareng | [details] |
| German | hering | [details] |
| Japanese | ニシン科 | [details] |
| Norwegian Bokmål | sildefamilien | [details] |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | sildefamilien | [details] |
| Swedish | sillfiskar | [details] |
