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Non-monophyletic taxon: Family Clupeidae Cuvier, 1816 - herrings and sprats (fish)
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Authorship

SN2000 author citation:  Rafinesque, 1810 ex Cuvier, 1816, orth. corr.
Unavailable original name & rank:  Rafinesque Schmaltz, C.S. 1810b. Indice Ittiol. Sicil.: 32 ("Ordine. I Clupidi."). [family, nom. vernac.; published not in latinized form before 1900; not available, Article 11.7.2]. ≡
Original name & rank:  Cuvier, 1816: 171. [family "Clupes", nom. vernac.].
Latinized name:  Jarocki, F.P. 1822. Zoologiia 4: tbls. IV (p. 27: "Familiae"), VI (p. 47). ("Clupeae").
Latinized name:  Schinz, 1822: 292. ["Clupeoides"].
Subsequent spelling:  Bonaparte, 1831: 161, 182.
Source for the authorship:  van der Laan, R., Eschmeyer, W.N. & Fricke, R. 2014. Zootaxa 3882 (2): 35 ("Cuvier 1816").

Attributes

Available family-group name, later latinized [ICZN, 1999: Art. 11.7.2 (<1900)] Ref: R. van der Laan et al. 2014. Zootaxa 3882 (2): 35 ("Article 11.7.2").
Justified emendation of suffix (: orth. corr.) [ICZN, 1999: Arts. 29.2, 34.1 (family)] Ref: S.J. Brands (comp.), 1989-present. Syst. Nat. 2000: 1 Jun 2024.

Types

Nominotypical taxon of: Clupeoidei (Suborder) Goodrich, 1909
Nominotypical taxon [ICZN]: Clupeinae (Subfamily) Ref: J.S. Nelson, 2006: 133. [implicit]
Type: Clupea (Genus) Linnaeus, 1758 Ref: R. Fricke et al. (eds.), 2021: 9 Apr 2025; [<15 May 2025]. [inferred]

Variants

Former rank: Clupeinae (Subfamily) Ref: R. van der Laan et al. (eds.), 2021: (9 Apr 2025); 15 May 2025. [inferred]

Synonyms

Including: Dussumieriidae (Family) Gill, 1861
Including: Pristigasteridae (Family) Bleeker, 1872, "nom. praeval." Ref: W.N. Eschmeyer, 2004-2016: 24 Jan 2006.

Vernacular Names (Dutch)

Full name: haringen Ref: B. Grzimek (ed.), 1973-1975

Vernacular Names (English)

Full name: herrings and sprats Ref: R. van der Laan et al. (eds.), 2021: (4 Feb 2025).
: herrings Ref: J.S. Nelson et al., 2016: 169.
: shads, sprats, sardines, pilchards, and menhadens Ref: J.S. Nelson et al., 2016: 169.
: herrings, shads, sardines and allies Ref: W.N. Eschmeyer, 1998: 2454.
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