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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:  
                                        GenusAmblygaster Bleeker, 1849  
                                        GenusClupea Linnaeus, 1758  
                                        GenusClupeonella Kessler, 1877  
                                        GenusEscualosa Whitley, 1940  
                                        GenusHarengula Valenciennes in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1847 – scaly sardines 
                                        GenusHerklotsichthys Whitley, 1951  
                                        GenusLile Jordan and Evermann, 1896  
                                        GenusOpisthonema Gill, 1861 – thread herrings 
                                        GenusPlatanichthys Whitehead, 1968  
                                        GenusRamnogaster Whitehead, 1965  
                                        GenusRhinosardinia Eigenmann, 1912  
                                        GenusSardina Antipa, 1904  
                                        GenusSardinella Valenciennes in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1847  
                                        GenusSardinops Hubbs, 1929  
                                        GenusSprattus 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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