Nelson, J.S., 1994

Clupeiformes herrings

Teleostei

Elopiformes 140 M years

Carroll, R., 1988  |  Colbert, E. and M. Morales, 1991

early Cretaceous

Marine

Fresh

Brackish

Recessus lateralis present (part of the otophysic connection in which various sensory canals merge within a chamber in the otic region of the neurocranium, not known from any other group); parasphenoid teeth absent; no large foramen on the anterior ceratohyal; parietals separated by the supraoccipital; no leptocephalous larvae. Most are plankton feeders, with long and sometimes very numerous gill rakers that serve as straining devices.

Greek aktis = ray, thunderbolt, beam + Greek pterygion, diminutive of pteryx = wing, fin. Ref. 45335.

Latin, clupea = sardine + Latin, forma = shape. 1880 (Ref. 45335).

( n = 7 )
Alosidae Chirocentridae Clupeidae Denticipitidae Dorosomatidae Dussumieriidae Ehiravidae Engraulidae Pristigasteridae Spratelloididae Sundasalangidae

Ref.
[ e.g. 9948 ]      

Glossary
      [ e.g. oophagy ]