FAMILY Clupeidae Cuvier, 1816 - herrings, shads, sardines and allies [=Clupidi, Clupes, Leptocephala, Thryssae, Chatoessi, Chatoessiformes, Dorosomatinae, Hyperlophinae, Spratelloidinae, Ehiravidae, Anadontosomidae, Clupanodontidae, Brevoortiinae, Nematalosidae, Pellonulinae, Alosinae, Opithoneminae, Gudusiinae, Congothrissidae] GENUS Alosa Linck, 1790 - herrings, shads etc. [=Alausa, Alausella, Caspialosa, Paralosa, Pomolobus, Trichis] Species Alosa aestivalis (Mitchill, 1814) - blueback herring [=cyanonoton, fasciata] Species Alosa agone (Scopoli, 1786) - agone, twait shad [=africana, benacensis, ceresioverbana, gracilis, lacustris, lariana, major, minor, nilotica, parvula, rhodanensis, rufa, sardinella] Species Alosa alabamae Jordan & Evermann, 1896 - Alabama shad [=ohiensis, suoerii] Species Alosa algeriensis Regan, 1916 - North African shad [=bolivari] Species Alosa alosa (Linnaeus, 1758) - Alice shad, Allis shad [=communis, cuvierii, rusa, vulgaris] Species Alosa braschnikowi (Borodin, 1904) - Caspian marine shad [=agrachanica, autumnalis, derzhavini, grimmi, kenderlensis, kisselevitschi, leucocephala, nigra, nirchi, orientalis, sarensis] Species Alosa caspia (Eichwald, 1838) - Caspian shad [=aestuarina, bulgarica, delicatula, knipowitschi, persica, salina, saraica] Species Alosa chrysochloris (Rafinesque, 1820) - blue herring, skipjack shad Species Alosa curensis (Suvorov, 1907) - Kura shad Species Alosa fallax (Lacépède, 1803) - Twait shad [=elongata, finta, squamopinnata] Species Alosa immaculata Bennett, 1835 - Pontic shad [=borysthenis, chtamalocephala, danubii, hypselocephala I, hypselocephala F, issatschenkovi, moriaac, nigrescens, russac] Species Alosa kessleri (Grimm, 1887) - blackback, Caspian anadromous shad [=bergi] Species Alosa killarnensis Regan, 1916 - Killarney shad, goureen Species Alosa macedonica (Vinciguerra, 1921) - liparia, Macedonian shad Species Alosa maeotica (Grimm, 1901) - Black Sea shad [=brauneri, elongata, kertschi] Species Alosa mediocris (Mitchill, 1814) - bonejack, Hickory shad [=lineata, mattowaca, viridescens] Species Alosa pontica (Eichwald, 1838) - Black Sea shad, pontic shad [=eichwaldii, moriac] Species Alosa pseudoharengus (Wilson, 1811) - alewife, gaspereau, kiack [=megalops, parvula, venosa, vernalis, virescens] Species Alosa sapidissima (Wilson, 1811) - American shad [=indigena, praestabilis] Species Alosa saposchnikowii Grimm, 1885 - Saposhnikovi's shad Species Alosa sphaerocephala (Berg, 1913) - Agrakhan shad Species Alosa suworowi (Berg, 1913) - Suworowi shad Species Alosa tanaica (Grimm, 1901) - Azov shad [=asovi, nordmanni, palaeostomi] Species Alosa vistonica Economidis & Sinis, 1986 - Thracian shad Species Alosa volgensis (Berg, 1913) - Volga shad GENUS Amblygaster Bleeker, 1849 - sardinellas [=Fusiclupea] Species Amblygaster clupeoides Bleeker, 1849 - Bleeker's smoothbelly sardinella, smoothbelly sardinella Species Amblygaster indiana Mary et al., 2017 - Mary's sardine Species Amblygaster leiogaster (Valenciennes, in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1847) – smooth-belly sardinella, blue sardine, blue sprat, bluebait [=okinawensis] Species Amblygaster sirm (Walbaum, 1792) - spotted sardinella, Northern pilchard, spotted sardine [=dakini, leiogastroides, pinguis] GENUS Anodontostoma Bleeker, 1849 - gizzard shads [=Gonostoma] Species Anodontostoma chacunda (Hamilton, 1822) - shortnose gizzard shad, Chacunda gizzard shad [=altior, chanpole, hasseltii, javanicum, tampo] Species Anodontostoma selangkat (Bleeker, 1852) - Indonesian gizzard shad [=breviceps] Species Anodontostoma thailandiae Wongratana, 1983 - Thai gizzard shad GENUS Brevoortia Gill, 1861 - menhaden, mossbunker, bunker, pogy Species Brevoortia aurea (Spix & Agassiz, 1829) - Brazilian menhaden, lacha Species Brevoortia gunteri Hildebrand, 1948 - finescale menhaden Species Brevoortia patronus Goode, 1878 - Gulf menhaden Species Brevoortia pectinata (Jenyns, 1842) - Argentine menhaden Species Brevoortia smithi Hildebrand, 1941 - yellowfin menhaden Species Brevoortia tyrannus (Latrobe, 1802) - Atlantic menhaden [=brevicaudata, carolinensis, menhaden, neglecta, vigintiradiata] GENUS Clupanodon Lacepède, 1803 - gizzard shads [=Thrissa] Species Clupanodon thrissa (Linnaeus, 1758) - Chinese gizzard shad [=chrysopterus, haihoensis, maculatus, osbeckii, triza] GENUS Clupea Linnaeus, 1758 - herrings [=Harengus G, Harengus K, Harengus W, Rogenia] Species Clupea harengus Linnaeus, 1758 - Atlantic herring [=alba Y, alba V, atlanticus, borealis, brittanicus, caledonicus, cimbricus, elongata, esca, frisius, halec, islandicus, ivernicus, leachii, membras W, membras P, membras L, minima, murmanica, norvegicus, probatowi, scandicus, scoticus, septemtrionalis] Species Clupea pallasii (Valenciennes, in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1847) - Pacific herring [=bryoporus, inermis, lineolata, marisalbi, mirabilis, suworowi] GENUS Clupeichthys Bleeker, 1855 - river sprats Species Clupeichthys aesarnensis Wongratana, 1983 - Thai river sprat Species Clupeichthys bleekeri (Hardenberg, 1936) - Kapuas river sprat Species Clupeichthys goniognathus Bleeker, 1855 - Sumatran river sprat Species Clupeichthys perakensis (Herre, 1936) - Perak river sprat GENUS Clupeoides Bleeker, 1851 - river sprats Species Clupeoides borneensis Bleeker, 1851 - Borneo river sprat [=exilis] Species Clupeoides hypselosoma Bleeker, 1866 - Kalimantan river sprat [=potamophilus] Species Clupeoides papuensis (Ramsay & Ogilby, 1886) - Papuan river sprat, toothed river herring [=multispinus] Species Clupeoides venulosus Weber & de Beaufort, 1912 - West Irian river sprat GENUS Clupeonella Kessler, 1877 - sprats Species Clupeonella abrau (Maliatsky, 1930) - Abrau sprat Species Clupeonella caspia Svetovidov, 1941 - Caspian tyulka Species Clupeonella cultriventris (Nordmann, 1840) - common kilka, Black and Caspian Sea sprat [=azovi, delicatula] Species Clupeonella engrauliformis (Borodin, 1904) - anchovy sprat Species Clupeonella grimmi Kessler, 1877 - Southern Caspian sprat Species Clupeonella muhlisi Neu, 1934 - Marmara sprat Species Clupeonella tscharchalensis (Borodin, 1896) - freshwater tyulka GENUS Congothrissa Poll, 1964 - sprats Species Congothrissa gossei Poll, 1964 - smooth-belly pellonuline GENUS Corica Hamilton, 1822 - river sprats Species Corica laciniata Fowler, 1935 - Bangkok river sprat Species Corica soborna Hamilton, 1822 - Ganges river sprat [=argentata, biharensis, pseudopterus] GENUS Dayella Talwar & Whitehead, 1972 - round herrings Species Dayella malabarica (Day, 1873) - Day's round herring GENUS Dorosoma Rafinesque, 1820 - gizzard shads [=Chatoessus, Signalosa] Species Dorosoma anale Meek, 1904 - Mexican river gizzard shad Species Dorosoma cepedianum (Lesueur, 1818) - eastern gizzard shad, American gizzard shad [=bimaculata, ellipticus, exile, heterurus, insociabilis, notata] Species Dorosoma chavesi Meek, 1907 - Nicaragua gizzard shad Species Dorosoma petenense (Günther, 1867) - threadfin shad [=atchafalayae, campi, mexicanus, vanhyningi] Species Dorosoma smithi Hubbs & Miller, 1941 - Pacific gizzard shad GENUS Ehirava Deraniyagala, 1929 - sprats Species Ehirava fluviatilis Deraniyagala, 1929 - Malabar sprat GENUS Escualosa Whitley, 1940 - sardines [=Leptogaster] Species Escualosa elongata Wongratana, 1983 - slender white sardine Species Escualosa thoracata (Valenciennes, in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1847) - white sardine [=argyrotaenia, coval, lile, macrolepis] GENUS Ethmalosa Regan, 1917 - shads Species Ethmalosa fimbriata (Bowdich, 1825) - bonga shad [=dorsalis, forsteri, platycephalus, senegalensis, setosa] GENUS Ethmidium Thompson, 1916 - menhadens Species Ethmidium maculatum (Valenciennes, in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1847) - Pacific menhaden [=chilcae, notacanthoides, notacanthus] GENUS Gilchristella Fowler, 1935 - herrings [=Pellonulops] Species Gilchristella aestuaria (Gilchrist, 1913) - Gilchrist's round herring, estuarine round herring GENUS Gonialosa Regan, 1917 - gizzard shads [=Indialosa] Species Gonialosa manmina (Hamilton, 1822) - Ganges river gizzard shad [=cortius] Species Gonialosa modesta (Day, 1870) - Burmese river gizzard shad Species Gonialosa whiteheadi Wongratana, 1983 - Southern Burmese river gizzard shad GENUS Gudusia Fowler, 1911 - river shads Species Gudusia chapra (Hamilton, 1822) - Indian river shad [=cagius, champii, godanahiai, indica, microlepis, suhia] Species Gudusia variegata (Day, 1870) - Burmese river shad GENUS Harengula Valenciennes, in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1847 - herrings [=Hyrtlinus] Species Harengula clupeola (Cuvier, 1829) - false pilchard, false herring [=latulus, macrophthalma] Species Harengula humeralis (Cuvier, 1829) - red-ear pilchard, redear herring, redear sardine [=apicalis, callolepis, maculosa, sardina] Species Harengula jaguana Poey, 1865 - pilchard, scaled herring, scaled sardine, whitebait, mata, greenbacks [=altiforma, caribbaea, cubana, floridana, majorina, pensacolae, pinensis] Species Harengula thrissina (Jordan & Gilbert, 1882) - Pacific flatiron herring [=peruana] GENUS Herklotsichthys Whitley, 1951 - herrings [=Herklotsella] Species Herklotsichthys blackburni (Whitley, 1948) - Blackburn's herring Species Herklotsichthys castelnaui (Ogilby, 1897) - Castelnau's herring, southern herring Species Herklotsichthys collettei Wongratana, 1987 - Collette's herring Species Herklotsichthys dispilonotus (Bleeker, 1852) - blacksaddle herring Species Herklotsichthys gotoi Wongratana, 1983 - Goto's herring, Darwin herring Species Herklotsichthys koningsbergeri (Weber & de Beaufort, 1912) - Koningsberger's herring [=maccullochi]