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Clupea

Actinopteri - Clupeiformes - Clupeoidei

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Clupea Linnaeus p. 317
1835Clupea Agassiz p. 43ff
1866Clupea cephalus Lioy
1866Clupea chrysosoma Lioy
1866Clupea denticiformis Lioy
1866Clupea microcephala Lioy
1866Clupea minutissima Lioy
1866Clupea ophthalmica Lioy
1873Clupea Leidy p. 347
1873Clupea Sauvage p. 224
1901Clupea Woodward p. 146
1919Clupea Jordan and Gilbert p. 29
1925Clupea Arambourg p. 46
1926Clupea de Beaufort p. 126
1929Clupea Pauca p. 27
1938Clupea Weiler p. 11
1943Clupea David p. 92
1968Clupea Jerzmanska p. 390
1969Clupea Heinrich p. 13
1975Clupea Holec p. 254
1977Clupea Ciobanu p. 46
1999Clupea Constantin
2002Clupea Sepkoski
2006Clupea Carnevale et al. p. 685
2014Clupea Bannikov p. 26

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
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)
familyClupeidaeCuvier 1817
genusClupea

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.

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]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available