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Dorosomatidae

Freyhof, Jörg;Yoğurtçuoğlu, Baran;Jouladeh-Roudbar, Arash;Kaya, Cüneyt

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Dorosomatidae

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Dorosomatidae is a family of clupeiform fishes. 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 31 extant genera.

Species

FAMILY

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumChordata
  3. ClassTeleostei
  4. OrderClupeiformes
  5. FamilyDorosomatidae
Habitatmarine, brackish, freshwater

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Family
Dorosomatidae
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Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Clupeidae
Image
Dorosoma cepedianum GLERL.jpg
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taxon rank
subfamily
taxon name
Dorosomatinae
Commons category
Dorosomatidae
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Encyclopedic overview

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  • Genera
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Dorosomatidae is a family of clupeiform fishes. 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 31 extant genera.

==Genera== Dorosomatidae contains the following genera:

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