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Clupeoidei (herring)

Actinopteri - Clupeiformes - Clupeoidei

Sister taxa
Ancylostylidae, Chirocentridae, Clupavidae, Clupeidae, Cromeriidae, Dorosomidae, Dussumieriidae, Engraulidae, Erythrinolepidae, Macristiidae, Notogoneidae, Pristigasteridae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1859Clupeoidei Bleeker
1960Clupeoidei Danil'chenko p. 5
1963Clupeoidei Jordan p. 619
1964Clupeoidei Estes p. 48
1965Clupeoidei Casier p. 13
1982Clupeoidei Grande p. 22
1999Clupeoidei Constantin
2003Clupeoidei Forey et al. p. 228
2005Clupeoidei Murray et al. p. 301
2013Clupeoidei Betancur et al.
2015Clupeoidei Marramá and Carnevale
2016Clupeoidei Nelson et al. p. 166
2019Clupeoidei Cantalice et al. p. 435
2020Clupeoidei Capobianco et al. p. 3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
RankNameAuthor
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
Teleosteomorpha
Teleostei(Müller 1846)
Osteoglossocephalai
ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
Otomorpha
Clupei
orderClupeiformesBleeker 1859
familyClupeoidei(Bleeker 1859)
familyClupeoidei(Bleeker 1859)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Fm. Clupeoidei Bleeker 1859 [herring]
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Fm. Chirocentridae Cuvier and Valenciennes 1846
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G. Chirocentrus Cuvier 1817
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Chirocentrus polyodon Gunther 1876
G. †Platinx Agassiz 1835
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Platinx elongatus Agassiz 1835
Platinx gigas Volta 1796
Platinx macropterus Blainville 1818
G. †Spathodactylus Pictet 1853
Fm. †Clupavidae
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G. †Lusitanichthys Gavet 1980
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Fm. Clupeidae Cuvier 1817 [herring]
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G. †Alisea Jordan and Gilbert 1919
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Alisea grandis Jordan and Gilbert 1919
G. Alosa Linck 1790
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Alosa bohemica Fritsch 1878
Alosa crassa Sauvage 1873
Alosa elongata Agassiz 1842
Alosa ganolytoides David 1946
Alosa genuina Danil'chenko 1960
Alosa numidica Sauvage 1873
Alosa paulicrenata Bratishko et al. 2015
Alosa renoui Sauvage 1873
Alosa sagorensis Steindachner 1850
Alosa sapidissima Wilson 1811
Alosa sculptata Weiller 1928
Alosa tanaica Grimm 1901
G. Anchoa Jordan and Evermann 1927
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Anchoa nitida Schwarzhans 1980
G. †Audenaerdia Taverne 1973
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Audenaerdia casieri Taverne 1973
G. †Bolcaichthys Marramá and Carnevale 2015
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Bolcaichthys catopygopterus Woodward 1901
G. Brevoortia Gill 1861
G. †Chasmoclupea Murray et al. 2005
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Chasmoclupea aegyptica Murray et al. 2005
G. Clupea Linnaeus 1758
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Subg. Clupea (Meletta) Valenciennes 1847
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Meletta sardinites Heckel 1850
Clupea arcuata Kner 1863
Clupea arezedi Sauvage 1898
Clupea beurardi Blainville 1818
Clupea brevis Agassiz 1842
Clupea caudata Sauvage 1870
Clupea curta Davis 1887
Clupea dentex Blainville 1818
Clupea elongata Davis 1887
Clupea gigantea Heckel 1849
Clupea guestfalica von der Marck 1858
Clupea hadleyi Jordan and Gilbert 1919
Clupea inflata Vukotinovic 1870
Clupea longimana Heckel 1850
Clupea macrocephala Yabumoto and Nazarkin 2018
Clupea megapteryx Sauvage 1873
Clupea opisthopteryx Sauvage 1873
Clupea pallasii Valenciennes 1847
Clupea polyachanthina Lioy 1866
Clupea saulos Sauvage 1870
Clupea scheuchseri Blainville 1818
Clupea sprattus Linnaeus 1758
Clupea tenuissima Agassiz 1839
Clupea testis Koken 1891
Clupea tiejei David 1943
Clupea trinacridis Sauvage 1873
Clupea ventricosa Smirnov 1935
Clupea ventricosa antiqua Smirnov 1935
Clupea voinovi Pauca 1929
Clupea weileri Smigielska 1966
Clupea xenophanis Sauvage 1873
Clupea zanclea Sauvage 1870
Invalid names: Clupea cephalus Lioy 1866 [nomen dubium], Clupea chrysosoma Lioy 1866 [nomen dubium], Clupea denticiformis Lioy 1866 [nomen dubium], Clupea microcephala Lioy 1866 [nomen dubium], Clupea minutissima Lioy 1866 [nomen dubium], Clupea ophthalmica Lioy 1866 [nomen dubium]
G. †Clupeidarum Cuvier 1817
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Clupeidarum dilatus Frost 1925
Clupeidarum incisiareatus Schwarzhans 1980
Clupeidarum posti Schwarzhans 1985
Clupeidarum rectiventralis Schwarzhans 2003
Subfm. Clupeinae Cuvier 1817 [herring]
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G. Clupeonella Kessler 1877 [sprat]
G. †Ellimma Jordan 1913
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Ellimma cruzi da Silva Santos 1990
G. Harengula Cuvier and Valenciennes
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Harengula clupeola Cuvier 1829
G. †Maicopiella Menner 1949
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Maicopiella brevicauda Menner 1949
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Invalid names: Sardinella engrauliformis Lioy 1866 [synonym]
Maicopiella longimana Heckel 1850
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Invalid names: Clupea sardinites Heckel 1850 [synonym], Meletta crenata Heckel 1850 [synonym], Meletta heckeli Rzehak 1880 [synonym]
G. †Rupelia Kovalchuk et al. 2020
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Rupelia rata Daniltshenko 1959
Invalid names: Suchumia caucasica Menner 1949 [nomen dubium]
G. Sardinella Cuvier and Valenciennes 1847
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Clupea (Sardinella) brouweri de Beaufort 1926
Sardinella claviformis Schwarzhans 2019
Sardinella daguini Steurbaut 1984
Sardinella denticulata Ciobanu 1977
Sardinella lintriculus Schwarzhans 2019
Sardinella miyanoshitaensis Sato and Uyeno 1999
Sardinella sardinites Heckel 1850
G. Sardinops Hubbs 1929
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Sardinops crassiposticus Steurbaut 1984
Sardinops robinsoni Schwarzhans et al. 2017
Sardinops sagax Jenyns 1842
G. Sprattus Girgensohn 1846
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Sprattus antipoda Hector 1872
Sprattus arewhana Schwarzhans 2019
G. Dussumieria Valenciennes 1847
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Dussumieria elami Arambourg 1967
G. †Eoalosa Marrama` and Carnevale 2018 [sunrise or dawn shad]
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Eoalosa janvieri Marrama` and Carnevale 2018
G. †Etringus Jordan 1907
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Etringus scintillans Jordan 1907
G. †Ganoessus
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Ganoessus clepsydra Jordan and Gilbert 1919
Ganoessus meiklejohni Jordan 1925
Ganoessus michaelis Jordan 1925
Invalid names: Lembicus Jordan 1925 [synonym]
G. †Ganolytes Jordan 1919
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Ganolytes aphrasta Jordan 1925
Ganolytes aratus Jordan 1924
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Invalid names: Diradias fenestralis Jordan 1925 [synonym]
Ganolytes cameo Jordan 1919
Ganolytes clepsydra Jordan and Gilbert 1919
Invalid names: Diradias Jordan 1924 [synonym]
G. †Hypsospondylus Gorjanović-Kramberger 1885
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Hypsospondylus bassanii Gorjanović-Kramberger 1885
G. †Nolfia Taverje 1976
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Nolfia riachuelensis De Figueiredo 2009
G. Opisthonema Gill 1862
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G. †Pellonula Günther 1868
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Pellonula grasionescui Ciobanu 1977
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G. †Knightia Jordan 1907
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Knightia andreae Dusén 1908
Knightia branneri Jordan 1907
Knightia eocaena Jordan 1907
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Invalid names: Clupea humilis Leidy 1856 [replaced]
G. Pomolobus Rafinesque 1820
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Pomolobus curtus Danil'chenko 1960
Pomolobus facilis Danil'chenko 1960
G. †Quisque Jordan 1920
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Quisque gilberti Jordan 1920
G. Sardina Antipa 1905
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Sardina crassa Sauvage 1880
Sardina pilchardus Walbaum 1792
Sardina rostrata Steurbaut 1984
G. Sarmatella Menner 1949
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Sarmatella doljeana Gorjanovic'-Kramberger 1884
Sarmatella vukotinovici Gorjanovic'-Kramberger 1884
G. Spratelloides Bleeker 1851
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Spratelloides gracilis Temminck and Schlegel 1846
Spratelloides lemoinei Arambourg 1927
G. Trollichthys Marramà and Carnevale
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Trollichthys bolcensis Marramà and Carnevale 2014
G. †Waihaoclupea Schwarzhans 2019
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Waihaoclupea pinguis Schwarzhans 2019
G. †Wisslerius David 1946
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G. †Xenophanis Sauvage 1873
G. †Xyne Jordan and Gilbert 1919
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Xyne grex Jordan and Gilbert 1919
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Invalid names: Xyne fitgeri Jordan and Gilbert 1920 [synonym]
G. †Xyrinius Jordan and Gilbert 1919
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Xyrinius barbarae Jordan and Gilbert 1919
Xyrinius elmodenae Jordan and Gilbert 1919
Xyrinius houshi Jordan and Gilbert 1919
Invalid names: Alosinae [empty], Dorosomatinae [empty], Ehiravinae [empty], Epelichthys Jordan 1925 [invalid subgroup], Xenothrissa Jordan 1925 [invalid subgroup]
Superfm. Clupeoidea Cuvier 1817
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Fm. †Halecopsidae Casier 1946
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G. †Halecopsis Woodward 1901
G. †Pseudoetringus David 1946
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G. †Azalois Jordan and Gilbert 1919
G. Etrumeus Bleeker 1853
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Etrumeus boulei Arambourg 1925
Etrumeus carnatus Schwarzhans 2019
Etrumeus hafizi Arambourg 1943
Etrumeus jansseni Steurbaut 1982
G. †Lygisma Jordan and Gilbert 1919
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Lygisma tenax Jordan and Gilbert 1919
G. †Sahelinia Arambourg 1927
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Sahelinia gregaria de Bosniaski 1878
G. †Smithites Jordan and Gilbert 1919
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Smithites elegans Jordan and Gilbert 1919
G. †Sternbergia Jordan 1925
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G. †Engraulites Jordan and Gilbert 1925
G. Stolephorus Lacépède 1803
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Stolephorus favonius Schwarzhans 2013
Invalid names: Coilinae [empty], Engraulinae [empty]
Superfm. Engrauloidea Grande 1985
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G. †Clupeopsis Casier 1946
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Clupeopsis straeleni Casier 1946
G. †Monosmilus Capobianco et al. 2020
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Monosmilus chureloides Capobianco et al. 2020
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G. Ilisha Richardson 1845
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Ilisha nijsseni Nolf and Steurbaut 1979
Invalid names: Pelloninae [empty]
Invalid names: Ancylostylidae [empty], Cromeriidae [empty], Dorosomidae [empty], Erythrinolepidae [empty], Macristiidae [empty], Notogoneidae [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 21:03:52
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:03:52
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Aptian to the top of the Holocene or 125.00000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 122.46 Ma

Collections (265 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Aptian125.45 - 122.46Germany Clupeidae indet. (221372)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0Brazil Ellimma cruzi (63322)
Albian113.0 - 100.5Brazil (Sergipe) Nolfia riachuelensis (140003)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Morocco (Drâa-Tafilalet) Lusitanichthys africanus (136829)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Morocco (Er Rachida) Lusitanichthys sp. (120457)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Lebanon Clupea gigantea (221190)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Croatia Hypsospondylus bassanii (221022) Spathodactylus sp. (123550)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8Mexico (Puebla) Clupeidae indet. (127465 215805)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (South Dakota) Clupeoidea indet. (181902)
Late/Upper Santonian85.8 - 83.5Lebanon Clupea elongata (170327)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Germany Clupea guestfalica (221711)
Late/Upper Campanian - Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0Antarctica Knightia andreae (150274)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0India (Maharashtra) Clupea sp. (11604)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Portugal (Coimbra) Clupea arezedi (49228)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0India (Maharashtra) Clupeidae indet. (58102)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0India (Andhra Pradesh) Clupeidae indet. (122240) Clupeidarum sp. (27014)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Mexico (Chiapas) Clupeidae indet. (190739)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Greece (Lamia) Clupea sp., Clupeidae indet. (207612)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0Greece Clupeidae indet. (224949)
Selandian61.6 - 59.2Denmark Clupeidarum rectiventralis (159793)