Ehiravidae

Ehiravidae
Clupeonella cultriventris
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Division: Teleostei
Order: Clupeiformes
Suborder: Clupeoidei
Family: Ehiravidae
Deraniyagala, 1929
Genera

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Ehiravidae 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 22 extant genera.

Genera

Ehiravidae contains the following genera:

Subfamily Ehiravinae Deraniyagala, 1929 (Indian freshwater herrings)

Subfamily Pellonulinae Svetovidov, 1952 (African freshwater herrings)

References

  1. ↑ Richard van der Laan; William N. Eschmeyer & Ronald Fricke (2014). "Family-group names of recent fishes". Zootaxa. 3882 (2): 1–230. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1. PMID 25543675.
  2. ↑ Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Ehiravidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 20 November 2024.