Order: Clupeiformes (Herrings)

Family: Chirocentridae (Wolf-herrings)

Genus/SpeciesCommon NameImage
Chirocentrus dorab Dorab wolf-herring
Chirocentrus nudus White-fin wolf-herring

Family: Clupeidae (Shads, herrings, sardines and menhadens)

Genus/SpeciesCommon NameImage
Alosa aestivalis Blue-back shad
Alosa agone Agone shad
Alosa alabamae Alabama shad
Alosa algeriensis North African shad
Alosa alosa Allis shad
Alosa braschnikowi Caspian marine shad
Alosa caspia Caspian shad
Alosa chrysochloris Skip-jack shad
Alosa curensis Kura shad
Alosa fallax Twaite shad
Alosa immaculata Pontic shad
Alosa kessleri Caspian anadromous shad
Alosa killarnensis Killarney shad
Alosa macedonica Macedonia shad
Alosa maeotica Black Sea shad
Alosa mediocris Hickory shad
Alosa pseudoharengus Alewife shad
Alosa sapidissima American shad
Alosa saposchnikowii Saposhnikovi shad
Alosa sphaerocephala Agrakhan shad
Alosa suworowi Unspecified
Alosa tanaica Azov shad
Alosa vistonica Thracian shad
Alosa volgensis Volga shad
Amblygaster clupeoides Bleeker smooth-belly sardinella
Amblygaster indianaIndian smooth-belly sardinella
Amblygaster leiogaster Smooth-belly sardinella
Amblygaster sirm Spotted sardinella
Anodontostoma chacunda Chacunda gizzard shad
Anodontostoma selangkat Indonesian gizzard shad
Anodontostoma thailandiae Thai gizzard shad
Brevoortia aurea Brazilian menhaden
Brevoortia gunteri Fine-scale menhaden
Brevoortia patronus Gulf menhaden
Brevoortia pectinata Argentine menhaden
Brevoortia smithi Yellow-fin menhaden
Brevoortia tyrannus Atlantic menhaden
Clupanodon thrissa Chinese gizzard shad
Clupea bentincki Araucanian herring
Clupea harengus Atlantic herring
Clupea manulensis Unspecified
Clupea pallasii Pacific herring
Clupeichthys aesarnensis Thai river sprat
Clupeichthys bleekeri Kapuas river sprat
Clupeichthys goniognathus Sumatran river sprat
Clupeichthys perakensis Perak river sprat
Clupeoides borneensis Borneo river sprat
Clupeoides hypselosoma Kalimantan river sprat
Clupeoides papuensis Papuan river sprat
Clupeoides venulosus West Irian river sprat
Clupeonella abrau Abrau sprat
Clupeonella caspia Caspian tyulka
Clupeonella cultriventris Black and Caspian Sea sprat
Clupeonella engrauliformis Anchovy sprat
Clupeonella grimmi Southern Caspian sprat
Clupeonella muhlisi Abrau sardine
Clupeonella tscharchalensis Freshwater tyulka
Congothrissa gossei Smooth-belly pellonuline
Corica laciniata Bangkok river sprat
Corica soborna Ganges river sprat
Dayella malabarica Day's round herring
Dorosoma anale Mexican river gizzard shad
Dorosoma cepedianum American gizzard shad
Dorosoma chavesi Nicaragua gizzard shad
Dorosoma petenense Thread-fin shad
Dorosoma smithi Pacific gizzard shad
Ehirava fluviatilis Malabar sprat
Escualosa elongata Slender white sardine
Escualosa thoracata White sardine
Ethmalosa fimbriata Bonga shad
Ethmidium maculatum Pacific menhaden
Gilchristella aestuaria Gilchrist's round herring
Gonialosa manmina Ganges river gizzard shad
Gonialosa modesta Burmese river gizzard shad
Gonialosa whiteheadi Southern Burmese river gizzard shad
Gudusia chapra Indian river shad
Gudusia variegata Burmese river shad
Harengula clupeola False herring
Harengula humeralis Redear herring
Harengula jaguana Scaled herring
Harengula thrissina Pacific flatiron herring
Herklotsichthys blackburni Blackburn's herring
Herklotsichthys castelnaui Castelnau's herring
Herklotsichthys collettei Collette's herring
Herklotsichthys dispilonotus Black-saddle herring
Herklotsichthys gotoi Goto's herring
Herklotsichthys koningsbergeri Koningsberger's herring
Herklotsichthys lippa Australian spotted herring
Herklotsichthys lossei Gulf herring
Herklotsichthys ovalis Unspecified
Herklotsichthys punctatus Spot-back herring
Herklotsichthys quadrimaculatus Blue-stripe herring
Herklotsichthys spilurus Reunion herring
Hilsa kelee Kelee shad
Hyperlophus translucidus Transparent sandy sprat
Hyperlophus vittatus Sandy sprat
Jenkinsia lamprotaenia Dwarf round herring
Jenkinsia majua Little-eye round herring
Jenkinsia parvula Short-striped round herring
Jenkinsia stolifera Florida round herring
Konosirus punctatus Dotted gizzard shad
Laeviscutella dekimpei Round-belly pellonuline
Lile gracilis Graceful piquitinga
Lile nigrofasciata Black-stripe herring
Lile piquitinga Atlantic piquitinga
Lile stolifera Striped herring
Limnothrissa miodon Lake Tanganyika sardine
Microthrissa congica Big-scale pellonuline
Microthrissa minuta Dungu sprat
Microthrissa moeruensis Lake Mweru sprat
Microthrissa royauxi Royal sprat
Microthrissa whiteheadi Whitehead's sprat
Minyclupeoides dentibranchialus Unspecified
Nannothrissa parva Lake Tumba dwarf sprat
Nannothrissa stewarti Mai-ndombe dwarf sprat
Nematalosa arabica Arabian gizzard shad
Nematalosa come Western Pacific gizzard shad
Nematalosa erebi Australian river gizzard shad
Nematalosa flyensis Fly river gizzard shad
Nematalosa galatheae Galathea gizzard shad
Nematalosa japonica Japanese gizzard shad
Nematalosa nasus Bloch's gizzard shad
Nematalosa papuensis Strickland river gizzard shad
Nematalosa persara Unspecified
Nematalosa resticularia Unspecified
Nematalosa vlaminghi Western Australian gizzard shad
Odaxothrissa ansorgii Ansorge fang-tooth pellonuline
Odaxothrissa losera Losera fang-tooth pellonuline
Odaxothrissa mento Nigerian fang-tooth pellonuline
Opisthonema berlangai Galapagos thread herring
Opisthonema bulleri Slender thread herring
Opisthonema libertate Pacific thread herring
Opisthonema medirastre Middling thread herring
Opisthonema oglinum Atlantic thread herring
Pellonula leonensis Small-toothed pellonula
Pellonula vorax Big-toothed pellonula
Platanichthys platana River Plate sprat
Potamalosa richmondia Australian freshwater herring
Potamothrissa acutirostris Sharp-nosed saw-tooth pellonuline
Potamothrissa obtusirostris Blunt-nosed saw-tooth pellonuline
Potamothrissa whiteheadi Whitehead's saw-tooth pellonuline
Ramnogaster arcuata Jenyns's sprat
Ramnogaster melanostoma Uruguay river sprat
Rhinosardinia amazonica Amazon spine-jaw sprat
Rhinosardinia bahiensis Bahia sprat
Sardina pilchardus European pilchard
Sardinella albella White sardinella
Sardinella atricauda Bleeker's black-tip sardinella
Sardinella aurita Round sardinella
Sardinella brachysoma Deep-body sardinella
Sardinella brasiliensis Brazilian sardinella
Sardinella fijiense Fiji sardinella
Sardinella fimbriata Fringe-scale sardinella
Sardinella gibbosa Gold-stripe sardinella
Sardinella hualiensis Taiwan sardinella
Sardinella jussieu Mauritian sardinella
Sardinella lemuru Bali sardinella
Sardinella longiceps Indian oil sardine
Sardinella maderensis Madeiran sardinella
Sardinella marquesensis Marquesan sardinella
Sardinella melanura Black-tip sardinella
Sardinella neglecta East African sardinella
Sardinella richardsoni Richardson's sardinella
Sardinella rouxi Yellow-tail sardinella
Sardinella sindensis Sind sardinella
Sardinella tawilis Freshwater sardinella
Sardinella zunasi Japanese sardinella
Sardinops sagax South American pilchard
Sauvagella madagascariensis Madagascar round herring
Sauvagella robusta Unspecified
Sierrathrissa leonensis West African pygmy herring
Spratelloides delicatulus Delicate round herring
Spratelloides gracilis Silver-stripe round herring
Spratelloides lewisi Lewis' round herring
Spratelloides robustus Fringe-scale round herring
Spratellomorpha bianalis Two-finned round herring
Sprattus antipodum New Zealand blue-back sprat
Sprattus fuegensis Falkland sprat
Sprattus muelleri New Zealand sprat
Sprattus novaehollandiae Australian sprat
Sprattus sprattus European sprat
Stolothrissa tanganicae Lake Tanganyika sprat
Strangomera bentincki Araucanian herring
Sundasalanx malleti Unspecified
Sundasalanx megalops Unspecified
Sundasalanx mekongensis Unspecified
Sundasalanx mesops Unspecified
Sundasalanx microps Unspecified
Sundasalanx platyrhynchus Unspecified
Sundasalanx praecox Dwarf noodle-fish
Tenualosa ilisha Hilsa shad
Tenualosa macrura Long-tail shad
Tenualosa reevesii Reeves shad
Tenualosa thibaudeaui Laotian shad
Tenualosa toli Toli shad
Thrattidion noctivagus Sanaga pygmy herring

Family: Denticipitidae (Denticle herrings)

Genus/SpeciesCommon NameImage
Denticeps clupeoides Denticle herring

Family: Dussumieriidae (Round herrings)

Genus/SpeciesCommon NameImage
Dussumieria acuta Rainbow sardine
Dussumieria elopsoides Slender rainbow sardine
Etrumeus acuminatus Eastern round herring
Etrumeus golanii Unspecified
Etrumeus makiawa Unspecified
Etrumeus micropus Unspecified
Etrumeus sadina Red-eye round herring
Etrumeus whiteheadi Whitehead's round herring
Etrumeus wongratanai Unspecified

Family: Engraulidae (Anchovies)

Genus/SpeciesCommon NameImage
Amazonsprattus scintilla Rio Negro pygmy anchovy
Anchoa analis Long-fin Pacific anchovy
Anchoa argentivittata Regan's anchovy
Anchoa belizensis Belize anchovy
Anchoa cayorum Key anchovy
Anchoa chamensis Chame Point anchovy
Anchoa choerostoma Bermuda anchovy
Anchoa colonensis Narrow-striped anchovy
Anchoa compressa Deep-body anchovy
Anchoa cubana Cuban anchovy
Anchoa curta Short anchovy
Anchoa delicatissima Slough anchovy
Anchoa eigenmannia Eigenmann's anchovy
Anchoa exigua Slender anchovy
Anchoa filifera Long-finger anchovy
Anchoa helleri Heller's anchovy
Anchoa hepsetus Broad-striped anchovy
Anchoa ischana Sharp-nose anchovy
Anchoa januaria Rio anchovy
Anchoa lamprotaenia Big-eye anchovy
Anchoa lucida Bright anchovy
Anchoa lyolepis Short-finger anchovy
Anchoa marinii Marini's anchovy
Anchoa mitchilli Bay anchovy
Anchoa mundeola False Panama anchovy
Anchoa mundeoloides Northern Gulf anchovy
Anchoa nasus Long-nose anchovy
Anchoa panamensis Panama anchovy
Anchoa parva Little anchovy
Anchoa pectoralis Big-fin anchovy
Anchoa scofieldi Scofield's anchovy
Anchoa spinifer Spicule anchovy
Anchoa starksi Starks's anchovy
Anchoa tricolor Piquitinga anchovy
Anchoa trinitatis Trinidad anchovy
Anchoa walkeri Persistent anchovy
Anchovia clupeoides Zabaleta anchovy
Anchovia macrolepidota Big-scale anchovy
Anchovia surinamensis Surinam anchovy
Anchoviella alleni Allen's anchovy
Anchoviella balboae Balboa anchovy
Anchoviella blackburni Blackburns's anchovy
Anchoviella brevirostris Snub-nose anchovy
Anchoviella carrikeri Carriker's anchovy
Anchoviella cayennensis Cayenne anchovy
Anchoviella elongata Elongate anchovy
Anchoviella guianensis Guyana anchovy
Anchoviella jamesi James' anchovy
Anchoviella juruasanga Unspecified
Anchoviella lepidentostole Broadband anchovy
Anchoviella manamensis Manamo anchovy
Anchoviella nattereri Natterer's anchovy
Anchoviella perezi Unspecified
Anchoviella perfasciata Poey's anchovy
Anchoviella sanfranciscana San Francisco anchovy
Anchoviella vaillanti Vaillant's anchovy
Cetengraulis edentulus Atlantic anchoveta
Cetengraulis mysticetus Pacific anchoveta
Coilia borneensis Bornean grenadier anchovy
Coilia brachygnathus Yangtse grenadier anchovy
Coilia coomansi Cooman's grenadier anchovy
Coilia dussumieri Gold-spotted grenadier anchovy
Coilia grayii Gray's grenadier anchovy
Coilia lindmani Lindman's grenadier anchovy
Coilia macrognathos Long-jaw grenadier anchovy
Coilia mystus Osbeck's grenadier anchovy
Coilia nasus Japanese grenadier anchovy
Coilia neglecta Neglected grenadier anchovy
Coilia ramcarati Ramcarat grenadier anchovy
Coilia rebentischii Many-fingered grenadier anchovy
Coilia reynaldi Reynald's grenadier anchovy
Encrasicholina devisi Devis' anchovy
Encrasicholina gloriaRed Sea anchovy
Encrasicholina heteroloba Short-head anchovy
Encrasicholina intermedia Shiner anchovy
Encrasicholina macrocephala Large-head anchovy
Encrasicholina oligobranchus Philippine anchovy
Encrasicholina punctifer Buccaneer anchovy
Encrasicholina purpurea Nehu
Engraulis albidus White anchovy
Engraulis anchoita Argentine anchovy
Engraulis australis Australian anchovy
Engraulis capensis Southern African anchovy
Engraulis encrasicolus European anchovy
Engraulis eurystole Silver anchovy
Engraulis japonicus Japanese anchovy
Engraulis mordax Californian anchovy
Engraulis ringens Peruvian anchoveta
Jurengraulis juruensis Jurua anchovy
Lycengraulis batesii Bates' sabre-tooth anchovy
Lycengraulis figueiredoi Unspecified
Lycengraulis grossidens Atlantic sabre-tooth anchovy
Lycengraulis limnichthys Unspecified
Lycengraulis poeyi Pacific sabre-tooth anchovy
Lycothrissa crocodilus Sabre-tooth thryssa
Papuengraulis micropinna Little-fin anchovy
Pseudosetipinna haizhouensis Unspecified
Pterengraulis atherinoides Wing-fin anchovy
Setipinna breviceps Short-head hair-fin anchovy
Setipinna brevifilis Short hair-fin anchovy
Setipinna melanochir Dusky hair-fin anchovy
Setipinna paxtoni Humpback hair-fin anchovy
Setipinna phasa Gangetic hair-fin anchovy
Setipinna taty Scaly hair-fin anchovy
Setipinna tenuifilis Common hair-fin anchovy
Setipinna wheeleri Burma hair-fin anchovy
Stolephorus advenus False Indian anchovy
Stolephorus andhraensis Andhra anchovy
Stolephorus apiensis Samoan anchovy
Stolephorus baganensis Bagan anchovy
Stolephorus brachycephalus Broad-head anchovy
Stolephorus carpentariae Gulf of Carpenteria anchovy
Stolephorus chinensis China anchovy
Stolephorus commersonnii Commerson's anchovy
Stolephorus dubiosus Thai anchovy
Stolephorus holodon Natal anchovy
Stolephorus indicus Indian anchovy
Stolephorus insularis Hardenberg's anchovy
Stolephorus multibranchus Caroline anchovy
Stolephorus nelsoni Nelson's anchovy
Stolephorus pacificus Pacific anchovy
Stolephorus ronquilloi Ronquillo's anchovy
Stolephorus shantungensis Shantung anchovy
Stolephorus teguhi Sulawesi anchovy
Stolephorus tri Spined anchovy
Stolephorus waitei Spotty-face anchovy
Thryssa adelae Swatow thryssa
Thryssa aestuaria Estuarine thryssa
Thryssa baelama Baelama anchovy
Thryssa brevicauda Short-tail thryssa
Thryssa chefuensis Chefoo thryssa
Thryssa dayi Day's thryssa
Thryssa dussumieri Dussumier's thryssa
Thryssa encrasicholoides False baelama anchovy
Thryssa gautamiensis Gautama thryssa
Thryssa hamiltonii Hamilton's thryssa
Thryssa kammalensis Kammal thryssa
Thryssa kammalensoides Godavari thryssa
Thryssa malabarica Malabar thryssa
Thryssa marasriae Marasri's thryssa
Thryssa mystax Moustached thryssa
Thryssa polybranchialis Hump-head thryssa
Thryssa purava Oblique-jaw thryssa
Thryssa rastrosa Fly River thryssa
Thryssa scratchleyi New Guinea thryssa
Thryssa setirostris Long-jaw thryssa
Thryssa spinidens Bengal thryssa
Thryssa stenosoma Slender thryssa
Thryssa vitrirostris Orange-mouth anchovy
Thryssa whiteheadi Whitehead's thryssa

Family: Pristigasteridae (Ilishas and long-fin herrings)

Genus/SpeciesCommon NameImage
Chirocentrodon bleekerianus Dog-tooth herring
Ilisha africana West African ilisha
Ilisha amazonica Amazon ilisha
Ilisha compressa Unspecified
Ilisha elongata Elongate ilisha
Ilisha filigera Coromandel ilisha
Ilisha fuerthii Pacific ilisha
Ilisha kampeni Kampen's ilisha
Ilisha lunula Long-tail ilisha
Ilisha macrogaster Kalimantan ilisha
Ilisha megaloptera Big-eye ilisha
Ilisha melastoma Indian ilisha
Ilisha novacula Burmese River ilisha
Ilisha obfuscata Hidden ilisha
Ilisha pristigastroides Javan ilisha
Ilisha sirishai Lobe-jaw ilisha
Ilisha striatula Banded ilisha
Neoopisthopterus cubanus Cuban long-fin herring
Neoopisthopterus tropicus Tropical long-fin herring
Odontognathus compressus Caribbean long-fin herring
Odontognathus mucronatus Guiana long-fin herring
Odontognathus panamensis Panama long-fin herring
Opisthopterus dovii Dove's long-fin herring
Opisthopterus effulgens Vaqueira long-fin herring
Opisthopterus equatorialis Equatorial long-fin herring
Opisthopterus macrops Big-eyed long-fin herring
Opisthopterus tardoore Tardoore
Opisthopterus valenciennesi Slender tardoore
Pellona altamazonica Unspecified
Pellona castelnaeana Amazon pellona
Pellona dayi Day's pellona
Pellona ditchela Indian pellona
Pellona flavipinnis Yellow-fin river pellona
Pellona harroweri American coastal pellona
Pliosteostoma lutipinnis Yellow-fin herring
Pristigaster cayana Amazon hatchet herring
Pristigaster whiteheadi Unspecified
Raconda russeliana Raconda

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