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Dussumieriidae

Dussumieriidae is a family of clupeiform fishes popularly called the "round herrings". 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 two extant genera, and some potential fossil genera. Possibly the earliest record of the group is Nardoclupea from the Campanian of Italy.

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Round herrings
Temporal range: Possibly Campanian records
D. acuta
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Clupeiformes
Suborder: Clupeoidei
Family: Dussumieriidae
Gill, 18611
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Dussumieriidae is a family of clupeiform fishes popularly called the "round herrings". It is now recognized by FishBase as a family in its own right; it had been considered to be a subfamily of Clupeidae.2 It contains two extant genera, and some potential fossil genera. Possibly the earliest record of the group is Nardoclupea from the Campanian of Italy.3

The following genera are known:

  • Dussumieria Valenciennes, 1847
  • Etrumeus Bleeker, 1853
  • †Lepidoclupea Calzoni, Giusberti & Carnevale, 2026 (Early Eocene of Italy)4
  • †Paretrumeus Daniltshenko, 1980 (Oligocene of North Caucasus, Russia)3
  • †Trollichthys Marramà & Carnevale, 2014 (Early Eocene of Italy)3

Putative fossil genera include:3

  • †Nardoclupea Taverne, 2002 (Late Cretaceous of Italy)5
  • †?Portoselvaggioclupea Taverne, 2007 (Late Cretaceous of Italy)6
  • †?Pseudoetringus David, 1946 (Late Eocene of California)7
References

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. "FAMILY Details for Dussumieriidae - Round herrings". fishbase.mnhn.fr. Retrieved 2024-04-17.
  3. Marramà, Giuseppe; Carnevale, Giorgio (2014). "Eocene round herring (Teleostei: Clupeidae) from Monte Bolca, Italy". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. doi:10.4202/app.00057.2014. hdl:2318/1525495. ISSN 0567-7920.
  4. Calzoni, Pietro; Giusberti, Luca; Fornaciari, Eliana; Luciani, Valeria; Boscolo-Galazzo, Flavia; Bernardi, Massimo; Tomasoni, Riccardo; Carnevale, Giorgio (March 4, 2026). Banerjee, Santanu (ed.). "The Ypresian ichthyofauna of the Monte Solane Lagerstätte (Verona, northern Italy): A deep dive into the western Tethys early Eocene mesopelagic setting". PLOS One. 21 (3) e0338490. Bibcode:2026PLoSO..2138490C. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0338490. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 12959715. PMID 41779693.
  5. Taverne, L. (2002). "Les poissons crétacés de Nardò. 12°. Nardoclupea grandei gen. et sp. nov. (Teleostei, Clupeiformes, Dussumieriinae)". Boll Mus Civico Storia Nat Verona, Geol Paleontol Preist. 26: 3.
  6. Taverne, L. (2007). "Les poissons crétacés de Nardò. 26°. Un second Dussumieriinae: Portoselvaggioclupea whiteheadi gen. et sp. nov. et complément à l'étude de Pugliaclupea nolardi (Teleostei, Clupeidae)". Boll Mus Civ St Nat Verona, Sez di Geologia, Paleontologia e Preistoria. 31: 37.
  7. David, Lorre R. (1946). "Some Typical Upper Eogene Fish Scales from California". Contributions to Paleontology. IV.