Clupeidae

Clupeidae
Atlantic herring, Clupea harengus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Clupeiformes
Family:	Clupeidae

Clupeidae is a family of teleost fish. It includes the herrings, shads, sardines, hilsa and menhadens. The family includes some of the most important food fishes in the world.

Genera

This family comprises the following 7 genera:

• Clupea
• Ethmidium
• Gudusia
• Hyperlophus
• Potamalosa
• Ramnogaster
• Sprattus

Clupeidae Media

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  Knightia, a famous fossil clupeid from the Eocene

References

1. Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2023). "Clupeidae" in FishBase. July 2023 version.