Dussumieriidae: taxon details and analytics

Domain
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Actinopterygii
Order
Clupeiformes
Family
Dussumieriidae
Genus
Species
Scientific Name
Dussumieriidae

Summary description from Wikipedia:

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. It contains two extant genera, and some potential fossil genera. Possibly the earliest record of the group is Nardoclupea from the Campanian of Italy.

The following genera are known:

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

Putative fossil genera include:

  • Nardoclupea Taverne, 2002 (Late Cretaceous of Italy)
  • †?Portoselvaggioclupea Taverne, 2007 (Late Cretaceous of Italy)
  • †?Pseudoetringus David, 1946 (Late Eocene of California)
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Dussumieriidae in languages:

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Rainbow Sardines and Red-eye Round Herrings