Dorosomatidae
- Dataset
- GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
- Rank
- FAMILY
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Chordata
- order
- Clupeiformes
- family
- Dorosomatidae
Dorosomatidae Gill 1861
Family Dorosomatidae Gill 1861 (Fig. 2L). Thread Herrings, Gizzard Shads, Sardinellas; Sardinas, Arenques, Sabaletes
Description: Body slightly elongate, fusiform, oval in cross-section; usually up to 20 cm in length; mouth usually inferior, short, ending before eye; upper jaw with a distinct median notch or cleft lower jaw flared outward; teeth absent; abdominal scutes strong; last dorsal-fin ray filamentous in most taxa; anal fin usually with 12–29, up to 38 in some taxa; usually silvery in color (Robertson & Allen 2015, Nelson et al. 2016). Distribution: Marine or freshwater; North and Central America, Indo-West Pacific Ocean (Nelson et al. 2016). Four genera and five species in Nicaraguan freshwaters.
Dorosomatidae
FAMILY Dorosomatidae
Herklotsichthys quadrimaculatus (Rüppell, 1837); Native; Bluestripe Herring; Found in wetlands and river basins across the Philippines; USNM 190251; Kottelat 2013; LC
Sardinella tawilis (Herre, 1927); Endemic; Freshwater, Bombon Sardinella; Endemic to Lake Taal, Luzon Island; Whitehead, 1985, Aquilino et al. 2011, Kottelat 2013; EN
Name
- Homonyms
- Dorosomatidae