English > family Clupeidae: 1 sense > noun 1, animal| Meaning | herrings; shad; sardines; etc.. |
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| Synonym | Clupeidae |
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| Member of | Isospondyli, order Isospondyli | Most primitive teleost fishes |
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| Members | Alosa, genus Alosa | shad |
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| Brevoortia, genus Brevoortia | menhaden |
| Clupea, genus Clupea | type genus of the Clupeidae |
| Pomolobus, genus Pomolobus | genus to which the alewife is sometimes assigned |
| Sardina, genus Sardina, genus Sardinia | pilchards |
| Sardinops, genus Sardinops | pilchards |
| clupeid fish, clupeid | Any of numerous soft-finned schooling food fishes of shallow waters of northern seas |
| Broader | fish family | Any of various families of fish |
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| Spanish | Clupeidae, clupeidos, familia Clupeidae |
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| Catalan | Clupeidae, Clupeid, clupeids |
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