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Clupeidae

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
FAMILY

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
order
Clupeiformes
family
Clupeidae

Name

Synonyms
Clupea alepidota Hermann, 1804
Clupea arabica Ehrenberg, 1847
Clupea bipunctata Ehrenberg, 1847
Clupea brunnichii Bloch & Schneider, 1801
Clupea exile Kishinouye, 1911
Clupea hepsetus Martens, 1824
Clupea kowal Rüppell, 1837
Clupea lodna Olafsen, 1772
Clupea ogura Kishinouye, 1911
Clupea sardinacaroli Curtiss, 1938
Clupea schaleh Forsskål, 1775
Clupea sicula Swainson, 1839
Clupea sima Linnaeus, 1758
Clupea tropica Linnaeus, 1758
Clupeoides hueensis Chevey, 1932
Homonyms
Clupeidae
Common names
Hering in English
Hering in English
Herring in English
Herring in English
Herrings in English
Herrings in English
Menhadens in English
Menhadens in English
Pilchards in English
Pilchards in English
Sardines in English
Sardines in English
Shads in English
Shads in English
Sildefamilien in Danish
Sprats in English
Sprats in English
Sundaland noodlefishes in language.
aloses in French
harengs in French
haringen in Dutch
herring in English
herrings in language.
herrings in English
menhadens in English
pilchards in English
sardinas in Spanish
sardines in French
sardines in English
shads in English
sprats in English
sprats in French
Shads, Sardines, And Menhadens in English
sillfiskar in Swedish
hareng in French
hareng in French
haring in Dutch
haring in Dutch
hering in German
hering in German
herrings in English
herrings in English
menhadens in English
menhadens in English
sardines in English
sardines in English
shads in English
shads in English
sildefamilien in Norwegian Bokmål
sildefamilien in Nynorsk, Norwegian

Bibliographic References

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  2. Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp.
  3. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes (online version), 2012 version.
  4. Eschmeyer, Fricke & van der Laan (2013-01-02 23:00:00) Family Group Names of Fishes (Draft 2, 2 Oct. 2012).
  5. FishBase
  6. Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2022). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2022.
  7. Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2022). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2022.
  8. Gärdenfors, Hall, Hallingbäck, Hansson & Hedström (2011-02-08 23:00:00) Djur, svampar och växter i Sverige 2003. Förteckning över antal arter per familj.
  9. Kullander, Nyman, Jilg & Delling (2014-07-08 22:00:00) Nationalnyckeln till Sveriges flora och fauna. Ryggsträngsdjur: Strålfeniga fiskar. Chordata: Actinopterygii
  10. Munroe, T. A., T. Wongratana, and M. S. Nizinski / Carpenter, Kent E., and Volker H. Niem, eds., 1999: Clupeidae: Herrings (also, sardines, shads, sprats, pilchards, and menhadens). FAO species identification guide for fishery purposes: The living marine resources of the Western Central Pacific, vol. 3: Batoid fishes, chimaeras and Bony fishes, part 1 (Elopidae to Linophrynidae). 1775-1821.
  11. Nelson, Joseph S., 1994: null. Fishes of the World, Third Edition. xvii + 600.
  12. Nelson, Joseph S., Edwin J. Crossman, H. Espinosa-Pérez, L. T. Findley, C. R. Gilbert, et al., eds., 2004: Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States, Canada, and Mexico, Sixth Edition. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 29. ix + 386.
  13. Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes.
  14. Robins, Richard C., Reeve M. Bailey, Carl E. Bond, James R. Brooker, Ernest A. Lachner, et al., 1980: A List of Common and Scientific Names of Fishes from the United States and Canada, Fourth Edition. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 12. 174.
  15. Robins, Richard C., Reeve M. Bailey, Carl E. Bond, James R. Brooker, Ernest A. Lachner, et al., 1991: Common and Scientific Names of Fishes from the United States and Canada, Fifth Edition. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 20. 183.
  16. Robins, Richard C., Reeve M. Bailey, Carl E. Bond, James R. Brooker, Ernest A. Lachner, et al., 1991: World Fishes Important to North Americans Exclusive of Species from the Continental Waters of the United States and Canada. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 21. 243.
  17. Shiino, Sueo M., 1976: List of Common Names of Fishes of the World, Those Prevailing among English-speaking Nations. Science Report of Shima Marineland, no. 4. 262.
  18. Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3882(1): 1-230.
  19. Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3882(1): 1-230.
  20. Whitehead, Peter J. P., 1985: Clupeoid Fishes of the World (Suborder Clupeoidei): An Annotated and Illustrated Catalogue of the Herrings, Sardines, Pilchards, Sprats, Shads, Anchovies and Wolf-herrings: Part 1 - Chirocentridae, Clupeidae and Pristigasteridae. FAO Fisheries Synopsis, no. 125, vol. 7, pt. 1. x + 303.
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