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Clupeidae Cuvier, 1816

115584  (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:115584)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Chordata (Phylum)
  4. Vertebrata (Subphylum)
  5. Actinopterygii (Class)
  6. Clupeiformes (Order)
  7. Clupeidae (Family)
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  1. Genus Amblygaster Bleeker, 1849
  2. Genus Anodontostoma Bleeker, 1849
  3. Genus Apricenaclupea Taverne, 2014 †
  4. Genus Bolcaichthys Marramà & Carnevale, 2015 †
  5. Genus Chasmoclupea Murray, Simons & Attia, 2005 †
  6. Genus Clupanodon Lacepède, 1803
  7. Genus Clupavus Arambourg, 1950 †
  8. Genus Clupea Linnaeus, 1758
  9. Genus Clupeichthys Bleeker, 1855
  10. Genus Clupeoides Bleeker, 1851
  11. Genus Clupeonella Kessler, 1877
  12. Genus Congothrissa Poll, 1964
  13. Genus Corica Hamilton, 1822
  14. Genus Dayella Talwar & Whitehead, 1971
  15. Genus Dorosoma Rafinesque, 1820
  16. Genus Ehirava Deraniyagala, 1929
  17. Genus Escualosa Whitley, 1940
  18. Genus Ethmalosa Regan, 1917
  19. Genus Ethmidium Thompson, 1916
  20. Genus Gilchristella Fowler, 1935
  21. Genus Gonialosa Regan, 1917
  22. Genus Gudusia Fowler, 1911
  23. Genus Harengula Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1847
  24. Genus Herklotsichthys Whitley, 1951
  25. Genus Hilsa Regan, 1917
  26. Genus Hyperlophus Ogilby, 1892
  27. Genus Illusionella Baykina, 2012 †
  28. Genus Italoclupea Taverne, 2007 †
  29. Genus Jenkinsia Jordan & Evermann, 1896
  30. Genus Karaganops Baykina & Schwarzhans, 2017 †
  31. Genus Knightia Jordan, 1907 †
  32. Genus Konosirus Jordan & Snyder, 1900
  33. Genus Laeviscutella Poll, Whitehead & Hopson, 1965
  34. Genus Lecceclupea Taverne, 2011 †
  35. Genus Lile Jordan & Evermann, 1896
  36. Genus Limnothrissa Regan, 1917
  37. Genus Maeotichthys Bratishko & Schwarzhans, 2023 †
  38. Genus Maicopiella Menner, 1949
  39. Genus Microthrissa Boulenger, 1902
  40. Genus Minyclupeoides Roberts, 2008
  41. Genus Nannothrissa Poll, 1965
  42. Genus Nematalosa Regan, 1917
  43. Genus Odaxothrissa Boulenger, 1899
  44. Genus Opisthonema Gill, 1861
  45. Genus Paleopiquitinga de Figueiredo, 2010 †
  46. Genus Pellonula Günther, 1868
  47. Genus Platanichthys Whitehead, 1968
  48. Genus Pliosteostoma Norman, 1923
  49. Genus Poecilothrissa Regan, 1917
  50. Genus Portoselvaggioclupea Taverne, 2007 †
  51. Genus Potamalosa Ogilby, 1897
  52. Genus Potamothrissa Regan, 1917
  53. Genus Ramnogaster Whitehead, 1965
  54. Genus Rhinosardinia Eigenmann, 1912
  55. Genus Rupelia Baykina & Kovalchuk, 2020 †
  56. Genus Sardinella Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1847
  57. Genus Sauvagella Bertin, 1940
  58. Genus Scombroclupea Kner, 1863 †
  59. Genus Sierrathrissa Thys van den Audenaerde, 1969
  60. Genus Signalosa Evermann & Kendall, 1898
  61. Genus Spratelloides Bleeker, 1851
  62. Genus Spratellomorpha Bertin in Angel, Bertin & Guibé, 1946
  63. Genus Sprattus Girgensohn, 1846
  64. Genus Sternbergia Jordan, 1925 †
  65. Genus Stolothrissa Regan, 1917
  66. Genus Tenualosa Fowler, 1934
  67. Genus Thrattidion Roberts, 1972
  68. Genus Trollichthys Marramà & Carnevale, 2015 †
  69. Genus Waihaoclupea Schwarzhans, 2019 †
  70. Genus Xyne Jordan & Gilbert, 1919 †
  71. Genus Alausa Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1847 accepted as Alosa Linck, 1790
  72. Genus Alausella Gill, 1861 accepted as Alosa Linck, 1790
  73. Genus Ambligaster accepted as Amblygaster Bleeker, 1849 (misspelling)
  74. Genus Amblyogaster accepted as Amblygaster Bleeker, 1849 (misspelling)
  75. Genus Andontostoma accepted as Anodontostoma Bleeker, 1849 (misspelling)
  76. Genus Anodontasoma accepted as Anodontostoma Bleeker, 1849 (misspelling)
  77. Genus Antu de Buen, 1958 accepted as Sprattus Girgensohn, 1846
  78. Genus Apterygia Gray, 1835 accepted as Raconda Gray, 1831
  79. Genus Arengus Cornide, 1788 accepted as Sardina Antipa, 1904
  80. Genus Caspialosa Berg, 1915 accepted as Alosa Linck, 1790
  81. Genus Caspiolosa accepted as Caspialosa Berg, 1915 accepted as Alosa Linck, 1790 (misspelling)
  82. Genus Cathoessus Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1848 accepted as Dorosoma Rafinesque, 1820
  83. Genus Chaetoessus Swainson, 1838 accepted as Dorosoma Rafinesque, 1820
  84. Genus Chatoessus Cuvier, 1829 accepted as Dorosoma Rafinesque, 1820 (synonym)
  85. Genus Chatoesus Richardson, 1846 accepted as Chatoessus Cuvier, 1829 accepted as Dorosoma Rafinesque, 1820 (misspelling)
  86. Genus Clupaea de Blainville, 1818 accepted as Clupea Linnaeus, 1758
  87. Genus Clupalosa Bleeker, 1849 accepted as Sardinella Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1847
  88. Genus Clupeonella Berg, 1913 accepted as Alosa Linck, 1790
  89. Genus Clupeonia Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1847 accepted as Sardinella Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1847
  90. Genus Clupoides accepted as Clupeoides Bleeker, 1851 (misspelling)
  91. Genus Corcia accepted as Corica Hamilton, 1822 (misspelling)
  92. Genus Cynothrissa Regan, 1917 accepted as Odaxothrissa Boulenger, 1899 (synonym)
  93. Genus Dorysoma Agassiz, 1846 accepted as Dorosoma Rafinesque, 1820
  94. Genus Esculaosa accepted as Escualosa Whitley, 1940 (misspelling)
  95. Genus Filialosa Fowler, 1944 accepted as Opisthonema Gill, 1861
  96. Genus Fimbriclupea Whitley, 1940 accepted as Sardinella Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1847
  97. Genus Fiscina Whitley, 1940 accepted as Sardinella Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1847
  98. Genus Fluvialosa Whitley, 1943 accepted as Nematalosa Regan, 1917
  99. Genus Fluviatilis de Buen, 1926 (Not a generic name (Eschmeyer))
  100. Genus Fusiclupea Whitley, 1940 accepted as Amblygaster Bleeker, 1849
  101. Genus Gadusia accepted as Gudusia Fowler, 1911
  102. Genus Gnathobolus Bloch & Schneider, 1801 accepted as Odontognathus Lacepède, 1800 (synonym)
  103. Genus Gonostoma van Hasselt, 1823 accepted as Anodontostoma Bleeker, 1849 (synonym)
  104. Genus Harengus Walbaum, 1792 accepted as Clupea Linnaeus, 1758
  105. Genus Harengus Gouan, 1770 accepted as Clupea Linnaeus, 1758
  106. Genus Harengus Garsault, 1764 accepted as Clupea Linnaeus, 1758
  107. Genus Harengus Garsault, 1767 accepted as Clupea Linnaeus, 1758
  108. Genus Herclotsichthys accepted as Herklotsichthys Whitley, 1951 (misspelling)
  109. Genus Heringia Fowler, 1911 accepted as Rhinosardinia Eigenmann, 1912
  110. Genus Herklosichthys accepted as Herklotsichthys Whitley, 1951
  111. Genus Herklostichthys accepted as Herklotsichthys Whitley, 1951 (misspelling)
  112. Genus Herkloteichthys accepted as Herklotsichthys Whitley, 1951 (misspelling)
  113. Genus Herklotsella Fowler, 1934 accepted as Herklotsichthys Whitley, 1951
  114. Genus Herkotslichthys accepted as Herklotsichthys Whitley, 1951 (misspelling)
  115. Genus Hyalosprattus Whitley, 1936 accepted as Hyperlophus Ogilby, 1892
  116. Genus Hyrtlinus Fowler, 1958 accepted as Harengula Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1847
  117. Genus Indialosa Herre & Myers, 1931 accepted as Gonialosa Regan, 1917
  118. Genus Jenjinsia accepted as Jenkinsia Jordan & Evermann, 1896 (misspelling)
  119. Genus Kowala Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1847 accepted as Sardinella Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1847
  120. Genus Laomeda Rafinesque, 1815 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
  121. Genus Leptoclupea Whitehead, Boeseman & Wheeler, 1966 (MS name mentioned in passing)
  122. Genus Leptogaster Bleeker, 1870 accepted as Escualosa Whitley, 1940
  123. Genus Macrura van Hasselt, 1823 accepted as Hilsa Regan, 1917 (synonym)
  124. Genus Macrura Fowler, 1941 accepted as Hilsa Regan, 1917
  125. Genus Marinus de Buen, 1926 (Not a generic name (Eschmeyer))
  126. Genus Maugeclupea Whitley, 1932 accepted as Sprattus Girgensohn, 1846
  127. Genus Meletta Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1847 accepted as Sprattus Girgensohn, 1846
  128. Genus Nealosa Herre & Myers, 1931 accepted as Konosirus Jordan & Snyder, 1900
  129. Genus Nematalosus accepted as Nematalosa Regan, 1917 (misspelling)
  130. Genus Nematolosa accepted as Nematalosa Regan, 1917 (misspelling)
  131. Genus Omochetus Ogilby, 1897 accepted as Hyperlophus Ogilby, 1892
  132. Genus Ophisthonema accepted as Opisthonema Gill, 1861 (misspelling)
  133. Genus Ophistonema accepted as Opisthonema Gill, 1861 (misspelling)
  134. Genus Paralosa Roule, 1925 accepted as Alosa Linck, 1790
  135. Genus Paralosa Bleeker, 1868 accepted as Sardinella Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1847
  136. Genus Paralosa Regan, 1916 accepted as Hilsa Regan, 1917
  137. Genus Pellonulops Smith, 1949 accepted as Gilchristella Fowler, 1935 (synonym)
  138. Genus Pelonula accepted as Pellonula Günther, 1868 (misspelling)
  139. Genus Perkinsia Eigenmann, 1891 accepted as Etrumeus Bleeker, 1853
  140. Genus Pomatolobus Agassiz, 1846 accepted as Alosa Linck, 1790
  141. Genus Pomolobus Rafinesque, 1820 accepted as Alosa Linck, 1790
  142. Genus Rogenia Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1847 accepted as Clupea Linnaeus, 1758
  143. Genus Sardinelis accepted as Sardinella Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1847 (misspelling)
  144. Genus Sardinelola accepted as Sardinella Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1847 (misspelling)
  145. Genus Sardinia Poey, 1860 accepted as Sardina Antipa, 1904
  146. Genus Sardinopus accepted as Sardinops Hubbs, 1929 (misspelling)
  147. Genus Spratella Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1847 accepted as Sprattus Girgensohn, 1846
  148. Genus Spratus accepted as Sprattus Girgensohn, 1846 (misspelling)
  149. Genus Strangomera Whitehead, 1965 accepted as Clupea Linnaeus, 1758 (synonym)
  150. Genus Tenulalosa accepted as Tenualosa Fowler, 1934 (misspelling)
  151. Genus Thrissa Rafinesque, 1815 accepted as Clupanodon Lacepède, 1803 (synonym)
  152. Genus Trichis Plumier in Lacepède, 1803 accepted as Alosa Linck, 1790
  153. Genus Wilkesina Fowler & Bean, 1923 accepted as Sardinella Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1847
  154. Genus Apterogasterus De la Pylaie, 1835 (uncertain, unassessed)
  155. Genus Clupeidarum † (uncertain, unassessed)
  156. Genus Dascillus Gronow in Gray, 1854 (uncertain, unassessed)
  157. Genus Ellipes Jordan, 1912 (uncertain, unassessed)
  158. Genus Gosiutichthys Grande, 1982 † (uncertain, unassessed)
  159. Genus Harengus Catesby, 1771 (uncertain > nomen dubium, Published in a rejected work (ICZN))
  160. Genus Harengus Klein, 1775 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
  161. Genus Nardoclupea Taverne, 2002 † (uncertain, unassessed)
  162. Genus Sardinia Antipa, 1904 (uncertain, unassessed)
marine
recent + fossil
Not documented
IRMNG (2025). Clupeidae Cuvier, 1816. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=115584 on 2026-01-20
Date
action
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2006-09-19 22:00:00Z
created
Rees, Tony
2011-12-31 23:00:00Z
changed
Rees, Tony
2023-05-20 14:33:10Z
changed
Girard, Jean-Sébastien

basis of record Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes. [details] 

additional 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] 

current name source Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes (online version), 2012 version. , available online at https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details] 

extant flag source Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp. [details] 

habitat flag source FishBase [details] 
Unreviewed
Classification Eukaryota (Superkingdom) > Animalia (Kingdom) > Eumetazoa (Subkingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Osteichthyes (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Clupeiformes (Order) > Clupeidae (Family) [details]

Descriptive info From FishBase: Freshwater + Brackish + Marine. FishBase flag: Mixed Marine + Freshwater. [details]

Habitat Marine and nonmarine [details]
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