115 Species in Family Dorosomatidae
Nominal species list for Dorosomatidae
Scientific Name Author English Name
Amblygaster clupeoides Bleeker, 1849 Bleeker smoothbelly sardinella
Amblygaster indiana Mary, Balasubramanian, Selvaraju & Shiny, 2017
Amblygaster leiogaster (Valenciennes, 1847) Smoothbelly sardinella
Amblygaster sirm (Walbaum, 1792) Spotted sardinella
Anodontostoma chacunda (Hamilton, 1822) Chacunda gizzard shad
Anodontostoma selangkat (Bleeker, 1852) Indonesian gizzard shad
Anodontostoma thailandiae Wongratana, 1983 Thai gizzard shad
Clupanodon thrissa (Linnaeus, 1758) Chinese gizzard shad
Congothrissa gossei Poll, 1964 Smoothbelly pellonuline
Dorosoma petenense (Günther, 1867) Threadfin shad
Dorosoma smithi Hubbs & Miller, 1941 Pacific gizzard shad
Dorosoma anale Meek, 1904 Mexican river gizzard shad
Dorosoma cepedianum (Lesueur, 1818) American gizzard shad
Dorosoma chavesi Meek, 1907 Nicaragua gizzard shad
Escualosa elongata Wongratana, 1983 Slender white sardine
Escualosa thoracata (Valenciennes, 1847) White sardine
Ethmalosa fimbriata (Bowdich, 1825) Bonga shad
Gonialosa manmina (Hamilton, 1822) Ganges river gizzard shad
Gonialosa modesta (Day, 1870) Burmese river gizzard shad
Gonialosa whiteheadi Wongratana, 1983 Southern Burmese river gizzard shad
Gudusia chapra (Hamilton, 1822) Indian river shad
Gudusia variegata (Day, 1870) Burmese river shad
Harengula clupeola (Cuvier, 1829) False herring
Harengula humeralis (Cuvier, 1829) Redear herring
Harengula jaguana Poey, 1865 Scaled herring
Harengula thrissina (Jordan & Gilbert, 1882) Pacific flatiron herring
Herklotsichthys blackburni (Whitley, 1948) Blackburn's herring
Herklotsichthys castelnaui (Ogilby, 1897) Castelnau's herring
Herklotsichthys collettei Wongratana, 1987 Collette's herring
Herklotsichthys dispilonotus (Bleeker, 1852) Blacksaddle herring
Herklotsichthys gotoi Wongratana, 1983 Goto's herring
Herklotsichthys koningsbergeri (Weber & de Beaufort, 1912) Koningsberger's herring
Herklotsichthys lippa (Whitley, 1931) Australian spotted herring
Herklotsichthys lossei Wongratana, 1983 Gulf herring
Herklotsichthys ovalis (Anonymous [Bennett], 1830)
Herklotsichthys punctatus (Rüppell, 1837) Spotback herring
Herklotsichthys quadrimaculatus (Rüppell, 1837) Bluestripe herring
Herklotsichthys spilura (Guichenot, 1863) Reunion herring
Hilsa kelee (Cuvier, 1829) Kelee shad
Konosirus punctatus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846) Dotted gizzard shad
Laeviscutella dekimpei Poll, Whitehead & Hopson, 1965 Roundbelly pellonuline
Lile gracilis Castro-Aguirre & Vivero, 1990 Graceful piquitinga
Lile nigrofasciata Castro-Aguirre, Ruiz-Campos & Balart, 2002 Blackstripe herring
Lile piquitinga (Schreiner & Miranda Ribeiro, 1903) Atlantic piquitinga
Lile stolifera (Jordan & Gilbert, 1882) Striped herring
Limnothrissa miodon (Boulenger, 1906) Lake Tanganyika sardine
Microthrissa congica (Regan, 1917) Bigscale pellonuline
Microthrissa minuta Poll, 1974 Dungu sprat
Microthrissa moeruensis (Poll, 1948) Lake Mweru sprat
Microthrissa royauxi Boulenger, 1902 Royal sprat
Microthrissa whiteheadi Gourène & Teugels, 1988
Nannothrissa parva (Regan, 1917) Lake Tumba dwarf sprat
Nannothrissa stewarti Poll & Roberts, 1976 Mai-ndombe dwarf sprat
Nematalosa arabica Regan, 1917 Arabian gizzard shad
Nematalosa come (Richardson, 1846) Western Pacific gizzard shad
Nematalosa erebi (Günther, 1868) Australian river gizzard shad
Nematalosa flyensis Wongratana, 1983 Fly river gizzard shad
Nematalosa galatheae Nelson & Rothman, 1973 Galathea gizzard shad
Nematalosa japonica Regan, 1917 Japanese gizzard shad
Nematalosa nasus (Bloch, 1795) Bloch's gizzard shad
Nematalosa papuensis (Munro, 1964) Strickland river gizzard shad
Nematalosa persara Nelson & McCarthy, 1995 Persara gizzard shad
Nematalosa resticularia Nelson & McCarthy, 1995 Gulf gizzard shad
Nematalosa vlaminghi (Munro, 1956) Perth herring
Odaxothrissa ansorgii Boulenger, 1910 Ansorge's fangtooth pellonuline
Odaxothrissa losera Boulenger, 1899 Losera fangtooth pellonuline
Odaxothrissa mento (Regan, 1917) Nigerian fangtooth pellonuline
Opisthonema berlangai Berry & Barrett, 1963 Galapagos thread herring
Opisthonema bulleri (Regan, 1904) Slender thread herring
Opisthonema libertate (Günther, 1867) Pacific thread herring
Opisthonema medirastre Berry & Barrett, 1963 Middling thread herring
Opisthonema oglinum (Lesueur, 1818) Atlantic thread herring
Pellonula leonensis Boulenger, 1916 Smalltoothed pellonula
Pellonula vorax Günther, 1868 Bigtoothed pellonula
Platanichthys platana (Regan, 1917) River Plate sprat
Potamothrissa acutirostris (Boulenger, 1899) Sharpnosed sawtooth pellonuline
Potamothrissa obtusirostris (Boulenger, 1909) Bluntnosed sawtooth pellonuline
Potamothrissa whiteheadi Poll, 1974 Whitehead's sawtooth pellonuline
Rhinosardinia amazonica (Steindachner, 1879) Amazon spinejaw sprat
Rhinosardinia bahiensis (Steindachner, 1879) Bahia sprat
Sardinella albella (Valenciennes, 1847) White sardinella
Sardinella alcyone Hata & Motomura, 2019 Blueback Sardinella
Sardinella atricauda (Günther, 1868) Bleeker's blacktip sardinella
Sardinella aurita Valenciennes, 1847 Round sardinella
Sardinella brachysoma Bleeker, 1852 Deepbody sardinella
Sardinella brasiliensis (Steindachner, 1879) Brazilian sardinella
Sardinella dayi Regan, 1917 Day's sardinella
Sardinella electra Hata & Motomura, 2019 Island Sardinella
Sardinella fijiensis (Fowler & Bean, 1923) Fiji sardinella
Sardinella fimbriata (Valenciennes, 1847) Fringescale sardinella
Sardinella gibbosa (Bleeker, 1849) Goldstripe sardinella
Sardinella goni Stern, Rinkevich & Goren, 2016 Gon's sardinella
Sardinella hualiensis (Chu & Tsai, 1958) Taiwan sardinella
Sardinella jussieui (Valenciennes, 1847) Mauritian sardinella
Sardinella lemuru Bleeker, 1853 Bali sardinella
Sardinella longiceps Valenciennes, 1847 Indian oil sardine
Sardinella maderensis (Lowe, 1838) Madeiran sardinella
Sardinella marquesensis Berry & Whitehead, 1968 Marquesan sardinella
Sardinella melanura (Cuvier, 1829) Blacktip sardinella
Sardinella neglecta Wongratana, 1983 East African sardinella
Sardinella pacifica Hata & Motomura, 2019
Sardinella richardsoni Wongratana, 1983 Richardson's sardinella
Sardinella rouxi (Poll, 1953) Yellowtail sardinella
Sardinella sindensis (Day, 1878) Sind sardinella
Sardinella tawilis (Herre, 1927) Freshwater sardinella
Sardinella ventura Hata & Motomura, 2021 Fortune Sardinella
Sardinella zunasi (Bleeker, 1854) Japanese sardinella
Sierrathrissa leonensis Thys van den Audenaerde, 1969 West African pygmy herring
Stolothrissa tanganicae Regan, 1917 Lake Tanganyika sprat
Tenualosa ilisha (Hamilton, 1822) Hilsa shad
Tenualosa macrura (Bleeker, 1852) Longtail shad
Tenualosa reevesii (Richardson, 1846) Reeves shad
Tenualosa thibaudeaui (Durand, 1940) Laotian shad
Tenualosa toli (Valenciennes, 1847) Toli shad
Thrattidion noctivagus Roberts, 1972 Sanaga pygmy herring
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