Clupeiformes

Translingual

Etymology

Clupea +‎ -iformes

Proper noun

Clupeiformes

A taxonomic order within the superorder Clupeomorpha – most species of which are called herrings.

Hypernyms

(order): Vertebrata - Subphylum; Gnathostomata - infraphylum; Osteichthyes - superclass; Actinopterygii - class; Neopterygii - subclass; Teleostei - infraclass; Clupeomorpha - superorder

Hyponyms

(order): Chirocentridae, Clupeidae, Denticipitidae, Dussumieriidae, Engraulidae, Pristigasteridae, Sundasalangidae - families

References

Clupeiformes on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Clupeiformes on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Clupeiformes on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Clupeiformes at the Tree of Life Web Project
Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248. pmid:25923521

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