Clupeidae - Wikipedia
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 …
Family Clupeidae - Herrings, shads, sardines, menhadens
Includes the former Sundalangidae (1 genus, Sundalanx, and 7 species) that are actually paedomorphic species deeply nested in Clupeidae-Ehiravinae. Distribution: global (mostly …
Herring - Wikipedia
Herring are various species of forage fish, mostly belonging to the family of Clupeidae. Herring often move in large schools around fishing banks and near the coast, found particularly in …
Clupeidae | fish family | Britannica
Atlantic herring, (Clupea harengus), species of herring in the family Clupeidae (order Clupeiformes) and one of the most commercially important fish in the world. Atlantic herring …
Clupeiform | Definition, Characteristics, Examples, Classification ...
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 …
Herring | Types, Nutrition & Uses in Cuisine | Britannica
Oct 4, 2024 · Herring, species of slab-sided northern fish belonging to the family Clupeidae (order Clupeiformes). The name herring refers to either the Atlantic herring (Clupea harengus …
Clupeiformes - Wikipedia
Clupeiformes / ˈ k l uː p iː ɪ f ɔːr m iː z / is the order of ray-finned fish that includes the herring family, Clupeidae, and the anchovy family, Engraulidae. The group includes many of the most …
Vol.7. Clupeoid fishes of the world - Food and Agriculture …
The present catalogue includes all clupeoid fishes (suborder CLUPEOIDEI - herrings, sardines, pilchards, sprats, shads, anchovies and wolf-herrings), comprising 4 families, 80 genera and …
The biology and ecology of tropical marine sardines and
Apr 10, 2021 · Clupeoid fishes—sardines, herrings, anchovies and their relatives (order Clupeiformes, suborder Clupeoidei)—form the basis of some of the world’s largest fisheries in …
Herrings and Sprats (Family Clupeidae) - iNaturalist
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 …