Clupeinae

Clupeinae is a subfamily of herrings, sardines and sprats belonging to the family Clupeidae.^[2][3] However, neither FishBase^[4] nor the Catalog of Fishes^[5] recognize any subfamilies within Clupeidae.

Clupeinae Temporal range: 55–0 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N Early Eocene to Present[1]
Atlantic herring
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Clupeiformes
Family:	Clupeidae
Subfamily:	Clupeinae
Genera
See text

Genera

The following genera have been included:

• Amblygaster
• Brevoortia
• Clupea
• Clupeonella
• Escualosa
• Ethmidium
• Harengula
• Herklotsichthys
•  ?†Gosiutichthys^[6]
• †Karaganops^[7]
• †Maicopiella^[8]
• Lile
• Opisthonema
• †Rupelia^[8]
• †Sarmatella (=†Illusionella)^[9][10]

References

1. Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363: 5–560. ISBN 978-0-87710-450-6.
2. Whitehead, Peter J.P. (1985). FAO species catalogue. Vol. 7. Clupeoid fishes of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of the herrings, sardines, pilchards, sprats, anchovies and wolfherrings. Part 1 – Chirocentridae, Clupeidae and Pristigasteridae. FAO Fisheries Synopsis. Vol. 125/7/1. Rome: FAO. pp. 42–131. ISBN 978-92-5-102340-2.
3. Nelson, J. S. (2006). Fishes of the World (4 ed.). Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons. p. 133. ISBN 978-0-471-25031-9.
4. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Family Clupeidae". FishBase. February 2024 version.
5. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Clupeidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
6. Grande, Lance (1982). "A revision of the fossil genus Knightia, with a description of a new genus from the Green River Formation (Teleostei, Clupeidae)". American Museum Novitates (2731). hdl:2246/5307.
7. Baykina, Eugenia M.; Schwarzhans, Werner W. (2017-03-01). "Description of Karaganops n. gen. perratus (Daniltshenko 1970) with otoliths in situ, an endemic Karaganian (Middle Miocene) herring (Clupeidae) in the Eastern Paratethys". Swiss Journal of Palaeontology. 136 (1): 129–140. Bibcode:2017SwJP..136..129B. doi:10.1007/s13358-016-0115-4.
8. Kovalchuk, Oleksandr; Baykina, Evgenia; Świdnicka, Ewa; Stefaniak, Krzysztof; Nadachowski, Adam (2020-03-03). "A systematic revision of herrings (Teleostei, Clupeidae, Clupeinae) from the Oligocene and early Miocene from the Eastern Paratethys and the Carpathian Basin". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 40 (2): e1778710. Bibcode:2020JVPal..40E8710K. doi:10.1080/02724634.2020.1778710.
9. Baykina, E. M. (2013-09-01). "A revision of Clupea doljeana Kramberger and Sarmatella vukotinovici (Kramberger) (Pisces, Clupeidae) from the Sarmatian of Croatia". Paleontological Journal. 47 (5): 523–532. Bibcode:2013PalJ...47..523B. doi:10.1134/S0031030113050043. ISSN 1555-6174.
10. Baykina, E. M. (2012-05-01). "A new clupeid genus (Pisces, Clupeiformes, Clupeidae) from the Sarmatian of the Eastern Paratethys, Krasnodar Region". Paleontological Journal. 46 (3): 302–312. Bibcode:2012PalJ...46..302B. doi:10.1134/S0031030112030057.