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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)
Osteoglossocephalai
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. 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
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available