Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Superclass Gnathostomata > Superclass Pisces > Class Actinopterygii > Order Clupeiformes

Clupeidae

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Family group names

*herrings, shads, sardines and al*		subjective synonym

Children

Alosa Linck, 1790
Clupea Linnaeus, 1758
Clupeonella
Clupeonella Kessler, 1877
Herklotsichthys Whitley, 1951
Sardina Antipa, 1904
Sardinella Valenciennes, 1847
Spratelloides
Sprattus Girgensohn, 1846

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Bokmål (Norwegian): sildefamilien sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Dutch: haring sources: Avibase - the world bird database

English: herrings; menhadens; sardines; shads sources: MASDEA (1997).

German: hering sources: Davidson, A. (2001). North Atlantic fish cookbook [Noord-Atlantisch viskookboek]. Scepter: Bussum, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-72653-14-9. 556 pp.

Norwegian: sildefamilien sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Bokmål: sildefamilien

Norwegian Nynorsk: sildefamilien

Nynorsk (Norwegian): sildefamilien sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Swedish: sillfiskar

Literature

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, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). 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, 50: pp. 357-374
additional source	Eschmeyer, W.: Catalog of fishes; California Academy of Sciences, department Ichtyology.

Genbank

External Links

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Citation

WoRMS (2014). Clupeidae. In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2014) FishBase. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:125464

Dr Jorg Freyhof. Clupeidae. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=12019