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Clupeinae (herring)

Actinopteri - Clupeiformes - Clupeoidei

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1817Clupeinae Cuvier
1925Clupeinae Arambourg p. 46
1938Clupeinae Weiler p. 9
1982Clupeinae Grande p. 22
1984Clupeinae Steurbaut p. 41
2013Clupeinae Baykina p. 524
2016Clupeinae Nelson et al. p. 171
2020Clupeinae Kovalchuk et al.
2021Clupeinae Oyanadel-Urbina et al. p. 349

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
RankNameAuthor
—Teleosteomorpha
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
—Teleocephalade Pinna 1996
—ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
—Otomorpha
—Clupei
orderClupeiformesBleeker 1859
familyClupeoidei(Bleeker 1859)
familyClupeidaeCuvier 1817
subfamilyClupeinaeCuvier 1817
subfamilyClupeinaeCuvier 1817

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.

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. Sprattus Girgensohn 1846
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Sprattus antipoda Hector 1872
†Sprattus arewhana Schwarzhans 2019
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: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

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): 113.0 Ma

Collections (41 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aptian125.0 - 113.0Brazil Ellimma cruzi (63322)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Russian Federation (Adygeia) Sardinella rata (105572)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Sardinella sp. (68021)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Russian Federation (Krasnodar Krai) Rupelia rata (226844)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Ukraine (Ivano-Frankivsk) Maicopiella longimana (226878)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Russian Federation (Adygea) Rupelia rata (226877)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Romania Clupea sardinites, Clupea crenata (50344) Clupea sardinites, Sardinella rata (187380) Clupea sardinites, Sardinella rata, Sardinella denticulata (187379) Clupea sardinites, Sardinella rata, Sardinella engrauliformis (113962)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Georgia Sardinella sp. (186469)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.03Czech Republic (Tschechien) Clupea sardinites, Clupea crenata (185664)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.03Poland (Subcarpathia) Maicopiella longimana (226876)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.03Czech Republic Clupea sardinites (125331)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Azerbaijan Sardinella sp. (116632)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44Azerbaijan Sardinella sp. (116633)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Venezuela (Paraguana) Harengula clupeola (118106)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Indonesia (Maros) Clupea brouweri (187654)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Japan (Tottori) Sardinella sp. (161450)
Otaian21.7 - 19.0New Zealand (South Island) Sprattus arewhana (219591)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Clupeonella humilis (69098)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Russian Federation (Krasnodar Krai) Maicopiella brevicauda (226879)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Azerbaijan Clupeonella humilis (116635) Sardinella sp. (116625)
Altonian19.0 - 15.9New Zealand (South Island) Sardinella claviformis (219606) Sprattus nitidus (219318 219598 219599 219744)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Azerbaijan Sardinella karaganica, Clupeonella sp. (116636)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Japan (Tottori) Sardinella miyanoshitaensis (190896)
Sarmatian12.7 - 11.608Russian Federation (Goryachii) Sardinella sardinites (211239)
Sarmatian12.7 - 11.608Romania Clupeinae indet. (213757)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy Harengula sp. (210248) Sprattus sp., Clupeonella sp. (220507)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy (Emilia-Romagna) Clupeonella maccagnoi (210236)
Opoitian - Mangapanian5.333 - 2.4New Zealand (North Island) Sprattus antipodum (219628)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588USA (Florida) Harengula sp., Sardinella sp. (22712)
Gelasian - Calabrian2.588 - 0.774Greece (Rhodes) Sardinella maderensis (207569)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Japan (Kagoshima) Sardinella sp. (161455)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Turks and Caicos Islands Harengula spp. (209855)