clupeiform
Clupeiformes is the order of ray-finned fish that includes the herring family, Clupeidae, and the anchovy family, Engraulidae and sardines. The group includes many of the most important forage and food fish.
Clupeiformes are physostomes, whic ...
fishes popularly called the "round herrings". It is now recognized by
FishBase
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as a family in its own right; it had been considered to be a subfamily of
Clupeidae
Clupeidae is a family of clupeiform ray-finned fishes, comprising, for instance, the herrings and sprats. Many members of the family have a body protected with shiny cycloid (very smooth and uniform) scales, a single dorsal fin, and a fusiform ...
. It contains two
extant
Extant or Least-concern species, least concern is the opposite of the word extinct. It may refer to:
* Extant hereditary titles
* Extant literature, surviving literature, such as ''Beowulf'', the oldest extant manuscript written in English
* Exta ...
genera, and some potential fossil genera. Possibly the earliest record of the group is '' Nardoclupea'' from the
Campanian
The Campanian is the fifth of six ages of the Late Cretaceous epoch on the geologic timescale of the International Commission on Stratigraphy (ICS). In chronostratigraphy, it is the fifth of six stages in the Upper Cretaceous Series. Campa ...
of Italy.
The following genera are known:
* ''
Dussumieria
''Dussumieria'' is the genus of rainbow sardines, a group within the round herring family Dussumieriidae. They are found in Indo-Pacific.
Species
The following is a list of currently accepted living ''Dussumieria'' species:
* '' Dussumieria a ...
''
Valenciennes
Valenciennes (, also , , ; ; or ; ) is a communes of France, commune in the Nord (French department), Nord Departments of France, department, Hauts-de-France, France.
It lies on the Scheldt () river. Although the city and region experienced ...
Bleeker Bleeker is a Dutch occupational surname. Bleeker is an old spelling of ''(linnen)bleker'' ("linen bleacher").Paretrumeus'' Daniltshenko, 1980 (Oligocene of North Caucasus, Russia)
* †'' Trollichthys'' Marramà & Carnevale, 2014 (Early Eocene of Italy)
Putative fossil genera include:
* †'' Nardoclupea'' Taverne, 2002 (Late Cretaceous of Italy)
* †?'' Portoselvaggioclupea'' Taverne, 2007 (Late Cretaceous of Italy)
* †?'' Pseudoetringus'' David, 1946 (Late Eocene of California)