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Clupeidae

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Clupeidae

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Clupeidae is a family of clupeiform ray-finned fishes, comprising, for instance, the herrings and sprats. Many members of the family have a body protected with shiny cycloid (very smooth and uniform) scales, a single dorsal fin, and a fusiform body for quick, evasive swimming and pursuit of prey composed of small planktonic animals. Due to their small size and position in the lower trophic level of many marine food webs, the levels of methylmercury they bioaccumulate are very low, reducing the risk of mercury poisoning when consumed.

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Clupeidae is a family of fish within the order Clupeiformes, class Teleostei, and phylum Chordata. The taxon was described by Cuvier in 1816 and is currently accepted. Commonly known as herrings, these organisms inhabit marine, brackish, and freshwater environments.

The family includes various major food fish found worldwide, with some species also used as bait. Records from iDigBio indicate the presence of this family in Mexico and the United States, with specimens held by institutions such as UASA-ICML-UNAM, SDNHM, and ECOSUR.

Synthesized by Vinony from 27 facts across 7 sources: Wikidata, GBIF, Gbif Occ, Encyclopedia of Life, WoRMS, iDigBio, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Species

herrings

Clupeidae

FAMILY

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumChordata
  3. ClassTeleostei
  4. OrderClupeiformes
  5. FamilyClupeidae
Habitatmarine, brackish, freshwater
Observations recorded5,203,706

鲱科（学名：Clupeidae）為輻鰭魚綱鯡形目的其中一科。它包含多種世界各地主要的食用魚，也有些被當作捕魚所需的餌料魚。

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
3,030
With media
120
Family
Clupeidae
Collections
UASA-ICML-UNAM, SDNHM, ECOSUR
Recorded in
Mexico, United States
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  • Description and biology
  • Feeding physiology
  • Taxonomy
  • Fossil genera
  • Disputed fossil genera
  • References

Clupeidae is a family of clupeiform ray-finned fishes, comprising, for instance, the herrings and sprats. Many members of the family have a body protected with shiny cycloid (very smooth and uniform) scales, a single dorsal fin, and a fusiform body for quick, evasive swimming and pursuit of prey composed of small planktonic animals. Due to their small size and position in the lower trophic level of many marine food webs, the levels of methylmercury they bioaccumulate are very low, reducing the risk of mercury poisoning when consumed.

The earliest known fossil members of this group are the stem-clupeids Italoclupea and Lecceclupea from the late Campanian/early Maastrichtian of Italy.''

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Clupeidae” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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