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
Category: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. PMID 25923521, doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248

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