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โ‡ฑ Clupeiformes


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Clupeiformes

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Description

Clupeiformes 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 important forage and food fish.


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)538https://www.gbif.org/species/538
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)35437https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=35437
Rankorder
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Actinopterygii : Clupeiformes
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Clupeiformes
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
-Osteichthyes
superclassActinopterygii
classActinopteri
subclassNeopterygii
-TeleosteomorphaArratia et al. 2004
-Teleostei
-Osteoglossocephalai
-ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
-Otomorpha
-Clupei
orderClupeiformesBleeker 1859
Scientific NameClupeiformes
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Clupeiformesorderbelongs to Osteichthyesstated with evidenceEstes, 1964
Clupeiformesorderbelongs to Osteichthyesstated without evidenceThurmond and Jones, 1981
Clupeiformesorderbelongs to Clupeomorphastated with evidenceGrande, 1982
Clupeiformesorderbelongs to Teleosteistated without evidenceCase and Schwimmer, 1988
Clupeiformesorderbelongs to Osteichthyesstated without evidenceShoshani et al., 1989
Clupeiformesorderbelongs to Osteichthyessecond handSepkoski, 2002
Clupeiformesorderbelongs to Clupeomorphastated without evidenceForey et al., 2003
Clupeiformesorderbelongs to Teleosteistated without evidenceFierstine et al., 2012
Clupeiformesorderbelongs to Clupeistated with evidenceBetancur-R et al., 2013
Clupeiformesorderbelongs to Clupeomorphastated without evidenceBannikov, 2014
Clupeiformesorderbelongs to Teleosteistated without evidenceCarnevale and Godfrey, 2018
Status (PBDB)extant
Taxon Size (PBDB)181
Extant Size (PBDB)52 (29%)
First Recorded Appearance129 - 125 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Environmentmarine (based on Vertebrata)
Motilityactively mobile
Dietcarnivore
Ecospace Commentsplanktivore
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560
Common Name(s) Herrings And Anchovies, Anchovies, Herrings, Anchois, Harengs, Sillartade Fiskar, Heringsartige, Haringen, ะžัะตะปะตะดั†ะตะฟะพะดั–ะฑะฝั–, ใƒ‹ใ‚ทใƒณ
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clupeiformes

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Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
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Denticipitoidei
suborder
listed (PBDB)0 Ma
Extant
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Osteoglossoidei
suborder
listed (PBDB)0 Ma
Extant
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Chirocentroidea โœ
superfamily
listed (PBDB)
Chirocentridae
family
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Clupeidae
family
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
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Clupeoidei
family
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
Herring241125 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
0 Ma
Extant
Clupisudidae
family
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Denticipitidae
family
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Dussumieridae
family
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Dussumieriidae
family
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Engraulidae
family
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Engraulididae
family
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Pristigasteridae
family
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Sundasalangidae
family
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
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Anchoa
genus
listed (PBDB)411.6 Ma
Miocene
0 Ma
Extant
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Austroclupea โœ
genus
listed (PBDB)
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Daitingichthys โœ
genus
listed (PBDB)
Etringus
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
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Gasteroclupea โœ
genus
listed (PBDB)272.1 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
72.1 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
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Hacquetia โœ
genus
listed (PBDB)
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Harengula
genus
listed (PBDB)223.0 Ma
Miocene
0 Ma
Extant
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Histiothrissa โœ
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
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Ilisha
genus
listed (PBDB)0 Ma
Extant
Ornategulum
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
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Pseudoellimma โœ
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
1129 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
129 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
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Pseudohilsa
genus
listed (PBDB)0 Ma
Extant
Ranulfoichthys
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Santanaclupea
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
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Sardinops
genus
listed (PBDB)738.0 Ma
Eocene
0 Ma
Extant
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Sarmatella
genus
listed (PBDB)0 Ma
Extant
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Stolephorus
genus
listed (PBDB)0 Ma
Extant

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1859Clupeiformes Bleeker
1964Clupeiformes Estes p. 48
1981Clupeiformes Thurmond and Jones p. 95
1982Clupeiformes Grande p. 5
1988Clupeiformes Case and Schwimmer p. 300
1989Clupeiformes Shoshani et al. p. 435
2001Clupeiformes Purdy et al. p. 164
2002Clupeiformes Sepkoski, Jr.
2003Clupeiformes Forey et al. p. 228
YearName and Author
2005Clupeiformes Murray et al. p. 301
2006Clupeiformes Nelson
2009Clupeiformes De Figueiredo
2011Clupeiformes Long p. 243
2012Clupeiformes Fierstine et al. p. 15
2013Clupeiformes Betancur-R. et al.
2014Clupeiformes Bannikov p. 26
2015Clupeiformes Marramรก and Carnevale
2018Clupeiformes Carnevale and Godfrey p. 167

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560
Estes R. (1964) Fossil vertebrates from the Late Cretaceous Lance Formation, eastern Wyoming, University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 49, 1-187
Thurmond J. T., Jones D. E. (1981) , Fossil Vertebrates of Alabama, 1-244
Grande L. (1982) A revision of the fossil genus โ€ Diplomystus, with comments on the interrelationships of clupeomorph fishes, American Museum Novitates 2728, 1-34
Case G. R., Schwimmer D. R. (1988) Late Cretaceous Fish from the Blufftown Formation (Campanian) in Western Georgia, Journal of Paleontology 62 2, 290-301
Shoshani J., Fisher D. C., et al (1989) The Shelton Mastodon Site: Multidisciplinary study of a late Pleistocene (Twocreekan) locality in Southeastern Michigan, Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan 27 14, 393-436
Purdy R. W., Schneider V. P., et al (2001) The Neogene sharks, rays, and bony fishes from Lee Creek Mine, Aurora, North Carolina, Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 90, 71-202
Forey P. L., Yi L., et al (2003) Fossil fishes from the Cenomanian (Upper Cretaceous) of Namoura, Lebanon, Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 1 4, 227-330 doi:10.1017/S147720190300107X
Murray A. M., Simons E. L., et al (2005) A new clupeid fish (Clupeomorpha) from the Oligocene of Fayum, Egypt, with notes on some other fossil clupeomorphs, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 25 2, 300-308
Nelson J. S. (2006) , Fishes of the world, 4th edition, 1-601
De Figueiredo F. J. (2009) A New Clupeiform Fish from the Lower Cretaceous (Barremian) of Sergipe-Alagoas Basin, Northeastern Brazil, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 29 4, 993-1005
Long J. A. (2011) , The Rise of Fishes: 500 Million Years of Evolution (Second Edition), 1-287
Fierstine H. L., Huddleston R. W., et al (2012) Catalog of the Neogene bony fishes of California: A ystematic inventory of all published accounts, Occasional Papers of the California Academy of Sciences 159, 1-206
Betancur-R. R., Broughton R. E., et al (2013) The tree of life and a new classification of bony fishes, PLOS Currents Tree of Life doi:10.1371/currents.tol.53ba26640df0ccaee75bb165c8c26288
Bannikov A. F. (2014) The systematic composition of the Eocene actinopterygian fish fauna from Monte Bolca, northern Italy, as known to date, Studi e ricerche sui giacimenti terziari di Bolca, XV - Miscellanea paleontologica 12, 23-34
Marramรก G., Carnevale G. (2015) The Eocene sardine โ€ Bolcaichthys catopygopterus (Woodward, 1901) from Monte Bolca, Italy: osteology, taxonomy, and paleobiology, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 35 6, e1014490 doi:10.1080/02724634.2015.1014490
Carnevale G., Godfrey S. J. (2018) Miocene Bony Fishes of the Calvert, Choptank, St. Marys, and Eastover Formations, Chesapeake Group, Maryland and Virginia, Smithsonian Contribution to Paleobiology, 161-212
Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2019). Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2019. - via World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS)
Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. Zootaxa. 3882(1): 1-230. - via World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS)
Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, A. L. Gardner, and W. C. Starnes, 2003: null. Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Gรคrdenfors, Ulf, Hall, Ragnar, Hallingbรคck, Tomas, Hansson, Hans G. & Hedstrรถm, Lars (2003) Djur, svampar och vรคxter i Sverige 2003. Fรถrteckning รถver antal arter per familj. ArtDatabanken Rapporterar 5, ArtDatabanken, Uppsala. (reviderad excelfil med svenska djurfamiljer). - via Dyntaxa. Svensk taxonomisk databas
Nelson, Joseph S., Edwin J. Crossman, H. Espinosa-Pรฉrez, L. T. Findley, C. R. Gilbert, et al., eds., 2004: Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States, Canada, and Mexico, Sixth Edition. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 29. ix + 386. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Shiino, Sueo M., 1976: List of Common Names of Fishes of the World, Those Prevailing among English-speaking Nations. Science Report of Shima Marineland, no. 4. 262. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Brands, S.J. (comp.) (2014) The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. [http://taxonomicon.taxonomy.nl/]. 1989-present. - via Dyntaxa. Svensk taxonomisk databas
Nelson, Joseph S., 1994: null. Fishes of the World, Third Edition. xvii + 600. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2019). Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2019. - via World Register of Marine Species
Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. Zootaxa. 3882(1): 1-230. - via World Register of Marine Species
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