Dussumieriidae

Dussumieriidae is a family of clupeiform fishes popularly called the "round herrings". It is now recognized by FishBase as a family in its own right; it had been considered to be a subfamily of Clupeidae.^[1] It contains two extant genera, and some potential fossil genera. Possibly the earliest record of the group is Nardoclupea from the Campanian of Italy.^[2]

Round herrings Temporal range: Ypresian to present PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N Possibly Campanian records
D. acuta
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Clupeiformes
Suborder:	Clupeoidei
Family:	Dussumieriidae Whitehead, 1963
Genera
See text

The following genera are known:

• Dussumieria Valenciennes, 1847
• Etrumeus Bleeker, 1853
• †Paretrumeus Daniltshenko, 1980 (Oligocene of North Caucasus, Russia)^[2]
• †Trollichthys Marramà & Carnevale, 2014 (Early Eocene of Italy)^[2]

Putative fossil genera include:^[2]

• †Nardoclupea Taverne, 2002 (Late Cretaceous of Italy)^[3]
• †?Portoselvaggioclupea Taverne, 2007 (Late Cretaceous of Italy)^[4]
• †?Pseudoetringus David, 1946 (Late Eocene of California)^[5]

References

• Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Family Dussumieriidae". FishBase. August 2012 version.

1. "FAMILY Details for Dussumieriidae - Round herrings". fishbase.mnhn.fr. Retrieved 2024-04-17.
2. Marramà, Giuseppe; Carnevale, Giorgio (2014). "Eocene round herring (Teleostei: Clupeidae) from Monte Bolca, Italy". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. doi:10.4202/app.00057.2014. hdl:2318/1525495. ISSN 0567-7920.
3. Taverne, L. (2002). "Les poissons crétacés de Nardò. 12°. Nardoclupea grandei gen. et sp. nov. (Teleostei, Clupeiformes, Dussumieriinae)". Boll Mus Civico Storia Nat Verona, Geol Paleontol Preist. 26: 3.
4. Taverne, L. (2007). "Les poissons crétacés de Nardò. 26°. Un second Dussumieriinae: Portoselvaggioclupea whiteheadi gen. et sp. nov. et complément à l'étude de Pugliaclupea nolardi (Teleostei, Clupeidae)". Boll Mus Civ St Nat Verona, Sez di Geologia, Paleontologia e Preistoria. 31: 37.
5. David, Lorre R. (1946). "Some Typical Upper Eogene Fish Scales from California". Contributions to Paleontology. IV.