Clupeidae

Clupeidae
	Atlantic herring, Clupea harengus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Clupeiformes
Family:	Clupeidae
Subfamilies
	Dussumieriinae; Clupeinae; Alosinae; Pellonulinae; Dorosomatinae; See text for genera.

Clupeidae is the family of the herrings, shads, sardines, hilsa and menhadens. It includes many of the most important food fishes in the world.

Species

Important commercial species include:

Subfamily Dussumieriinae (round herrings)
- Dayella
- Dussumieria
- Etrumeus
- Gilchristella
- Jenkinsia
- Luisiella
- Sauvagella
- Spratelloides
- Spratellomorpha
Subfamily Clupeinae
- Amblygaster
- Clupea
- Clupeonella
- Escualosa
- Harengula
- Herklotsichthys
- Lile
- Opisthonema
Subfamily Alosinae (shads, menhadens)
- Alosa
- Brevoortia
- Ethmalosa
- Ethmidium
- Gudusia
- Hilsa
- Tenualosa
Subfamily Pellonulinae
- Knightia (prehistoric)
- Clupeichthys
- Clupeoides
- Congothrissa
- Corica
- Cynothrissa
- Ehirava
- Hyperlophus
- Laeviscutella
- Limnothrissa
- Microthrissa
- Minyclupeoides
- Odaxothrissa
- Pellonula
- Poecilothrissa
- Potamalosa
- Potamothrissa
- Stalothrissa
Subfamily Dorosomatinae (gizzard shads)
- Anodontostoma
- Clupanodon
- Dorosoma
- Gonialosa
- Konosirus
- Nematalosa
Incertae sedis
- Erichalcis
- Ilisha
- Nannothrissa
- Neoopisthopterus
- Pellona
- Platanichthys
- Ramnogaster
- Rhinosardinia
- Sardina
- Sardinella
- Sardinops
- Sierrathrissa
- Sprattus
- Stolothrissa
- Strangomera
- Thrattidion