Dorosomatidae
Appearance
Dorosomatidae | |
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Dorosoma cepedianum | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Clupeiformes |
Suborder: | Clupeoidei |
Family: | Dorosomatidae Gill, 1861 |
Genera | |
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Dorosomatidae 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 31 extant genera.
References
[edit]- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Family Dorosomatidae". FishBase. May 2023 version.