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Clupeinae 
Taxonomic Serial No.: 551153

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Subfamily  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): herrings [English]
  
    sardines [English]
  
    sprats [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2004   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassActinopterygii  – ray-finned fishes, spiny rayed fishes, poisson épineux, poissons à nageoires rayonnées  
                      ClassTeleostei   
                         SuperorderClupeomorpha   
                            OrderClupeiformes  – anchois, harengs, anchovies, herrings  
                               SuborderClupeoidei   
                                  FamilyClupeidae  – herrings, aloses, harengs, sardines, sprats, sardinas, menhadens, pilchards, sardines, sprats, shads  
                                     SubfamilyClupeinae  – herrings, sardines, sprats  
    Direct Children:  
                                        Genus Amblygaster Bleeker, 1849  
                                        Genus Clupea Linnaeus, 1758  
                                        Genus Clupeonella Kessler, 1877  
                                        Genus Escualosa Whitley, 1940  
                                        Genus Harengula Valenciennes in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1847 – scaly sardines 
                                        Genus Herklotsichthys Whitley, 1951  
                                        Genus Lile Jordan and Evermann, 1896  
                                        Genus Opisthonema Gill, 1861 – thread herrings 
                                        Genus Platanichthys Whitehead, 1968  
                                        Genus Ramnogaster Whitehead, 1965  
                                        Genus Rhinosardinia Eigenmann, 1912  
                                        Genus Sardina Antipa, 1904  
                                        Genus Sardinella Valenciennes in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1847  
                                        Genus Sardinops Hubbs, 1929  
                                        Genus Sprattus Girgensohn, 1846  
       

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  Author(s)/Editor(s): Nelson, Joseph S.  
  Publication Date: 1994   
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  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Fishes of the World, Third Edition   
  Page(s): xvii + 600   
  Publisher: John Wiley and Sons   
  Publication Place: New York, New York, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-471-54713-1   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Clupeinae   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Whitehead, Peter J. P.  
  Publication Date: 1985   
  Article/Chapter Title: Clupeoid Fishes of the World (Suborder Clupeoidei): An Annotated and Illustrated Catalogue of the Herrings, Sardines, Pilchards, Sprats, Shads, Anchovies and Wolf-herrings: Part 1 - Chirocentridae, Clupeidae and Pristigasteridae   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: FAO Fisheries Synopsis, no. 125, vol. 7, pt. 1   
  Page(s): x + 303   
  Publisher: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations   
  Publication Place: Rome, Italy   
  ISBN/ISSN: 92-5-102340-9   
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  Reference for: Clupeinae, herrings [English]   
       

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