A branch of the living world.
110,000 accepted animal species, linked through classification, synonyms, distributions and source literature.
These attributed records come from Catalogue of Life, 2026-09-11. Detail varies; they are not all fully researched, illustrated articles. Browse researched folklore and fiction.
Matches documented source distribution records. Geographic coverage is incomplete.
Family: Clupeidae · Clear filter
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Clupea brunnichii Bloch & Schneider, 1801 | ClupeidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Atlantic herringClupea harengus Linnaeus, 1758 | ClupeidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Clupea manulensis Marion de Procé, 1822 | ClupeidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Pacific herringClupea pallasii Valenciennes, 1847 | ClupeidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Clupea sardinites Heckel, 1850 | ClupeidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Ethmidium maculatum (Valenciennes, 1847) | ClupeidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| yellowfin herringPliosteostoma lutipinnis (Jordan & Gilbert, 1882) | ClupeidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Ramnogaster arcuata (Jenyns, 1842) | ClupeidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Ramnogaster melanostoma (Eigenmann, 1907) | ClupeidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Sprattus antipodum (Hector, 1872) | ClupeidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Sprattus fuegensis (Jenyns, 1842) | ClupeidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Sprattus haleciformis Girgensohn, 1846 | ClupeidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Sprattus muelleri (Klunzinger, 1879) | ClupeidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Sprattus nitidus (Schwarzhans, 1980) | ClupeidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Sprattus novaehollandiae (Valenciennes, 1847) | ClupeidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| European spratSprattus sprattus (Linnaeus, 1758) | ClupeidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Araucanian herringStrangomera bentincki (Norman, 1936) | ClupeidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Waihaoclupea pinguis Schwarzhans, Lee & Gard, 2017 | ClupeidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
Source and selection
Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Pape, T., Hobern, D., Garnett, S., Little, H., DeWalt, R. E., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Aedo, C., Aescht, E., et al. (2026). Catalogue of Life (Version 2026-09-11). Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgz5n
First records in source order under phylum quotas, then source-order overflow if a quota is short. This is a selective snapshot. Source name strings can include author names, which are also searchable.