Dussumieriidae

































Round herrings
Temporal range: Ypresian - Holocene


Dussumieria acuta.png

D. acuta

Scientific classification
Kingdom:

Animalia

Phylum:

Chordata

Class:

Actinopterygii

Order:

Clupeiformes

Family:

Dussumieriidae



Whitehead, 1963

Genera


  • Dussumieria

  • Etrumeus

  • Trollichthys



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 one extinct genus from the Ypresian of Monte Bolca.



References


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












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