Biology:Dussumieriidae

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Short description: Family of fishes

Round herrings
Temporal range: Ypresian - Holocene
Dussumieria acuta.png
D. acuta
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Clupeiformes
Suborder: Clupeoidei
Family: Dussumieriidae
Whitehead, 1963
Genera

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

Wikidata ☰ Q569849 entry