15 Species in Family Clupeidae
Nominal species list for Clupeidae
Scientific Name Author English Name
Clupea harengus Linnaeus, 1758 Atlantic herring
Clupea manulensis Marion de Procé, 1822
Clupea pallasii Valenciennes, 1847 Pacific herring
Ethmidium maculatum (Valenciennes, 1847) Pacific menhaden
Hyperlophus translucidus McCulloch, 1917 Glassy sprat
Hyperlophus vittatus (Castelnau, 1875) Sandy sprat
Potamalosa richmondia (Macleay, 1879) Freshwater herring
Ramnogaster arcuata (Jenyns, 1842) Jenyns's sprat
Ramnogaster melanostoma (Eigenmann, 1907) Uruguay river sprat
Sprattus antipodum (Hector, 1872) New Zealand blueback sprat
Sprattus fuegensis (Jenyns, 1842) Falkland sprat
Sprattus muelleri (Klunzinger, 1879) New Zealand sprat
Sprattus novaehollandiae (Valenciennes, 1847) Australian sprat
Sprattus sprattus (Linnaeus, 1758) European sprat
Strangomera bentincki (Norman, 1936) Araucanian herring
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