Clupeiformes

Clupeiformes is an order of ray-finned fish that includes the herring family Clupeidae, and the anchovy family Engraulidae. The group includes many of the most important forage and food fish. They are physostomes.

Clupeiformes are slightly slender in appearance. Some of them are deep-bodied, like the genus Pellona. While most of the Clupeiformes live in oceans, others are native to freshwater lakes.

The order includes about 405 species in 11 families:

• Order Clupeiformes
  • Suborder Denticipitoidei
    • Family Denticipitidae (denticle herring)
  • Suborder Clupeoidei
    • Family Engraulidae (anchovies)
      • Subfamily Coiliinae
      • Subfamily Engraulinae
    • Family Spratelloididae
    • Family Pristigasteridae (longfin herrings)
      • Subfamily Pristigasterinae
      • Subfamily Pelloninae
    • Family Chirocentridae (wolf herrings)
    • Family Dussumieriidae (round herrings)
    • Family Clupeidae (herrings)
    • Family Ehiravidae
    • Family Alosidae (shads, sardines and menhadens)
    • Family Dorosomatidae

The Atlantic herring (Clupea harengus) is a herring in the family Clupeidae.

The denticle herring (Denticeps clupeoides) is a small species of ray-finned fish found only in the rivers of Benin, Nigeria, and western Cameroon.

The rainbow sardine (Dussumieria acuta), also known as common sprat, is a species of round herring important to aquaculture.

• Otocephala
• Novumbra oregonensis
• Scombroclupea
• Kyphosichthys
• Scorpaeniformes
• Pieter Bleeker

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