Clupeidae is a family of clupeiform ray-finned fishes, comprising, for instance, the herrings and sprats. Many members of the family have a body protected with shiny cycloid (very smooth …

Three species of Clupea (the type genus of the herring family Clupeidae) are recognised, and comprise about 90% of all herrings captured in fisheries. The most abundant of these species …

Clupeiformes / ˈkluːpiːɪfɔːrmiːz / is the order of ray-finned fish that includes the herring family, Clupeidae, and the anchovy family, Engraulidae and sardines. The group includes many of the …

teleost, (infraclass Teleostei), any member of a large and extremely diverse group of ray-finned fishes. Along with the chondrosteans and the holosteans, they are one of the three major …

Clupeidae is a family of teleost fish. It includes the herrings, shads, sardines, hilsa and menhadens. The family includes some of the most important food fishes in the world.

Clupeidae is a family of ray-finned fishes, comprising, for instance, the herrings, shads, sardines, hilsa, and menhadens. The clupeids include many of the most important food fishes in the …

Includes the former Sundalangidae (1 genus, Sundalanx, and 7 species) that are actually paedomorphic species deeply nested in Clupeidae-Ehiravinae. Distribution: global (mostly …

Sardines and pilchards fall into the Clupeidae family. This includes sardines, pilchards, menhaden, herring, shad, sprat and other Clupeidae fish. Sardines and pilchards are landed …

Clupeoid fishes of the world (Suborder Clupeoidei). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of the herrings, sardines, pilchards, sprats, shads, anchovies, and wolf-herrings. Part 2. Engraulididae.

clupeiform, (order Clupeiformes), any member of the superorder Clupeomorpha, a group of bony fishes with one living order, the Clupeiformes, that contains some of the world’s most …