Kinds of Fish

Species listed are from www.fishbase.org

Scientific name -- Other names
Clupeidae -- Herrings; Shads; Sardines; Menhadens
   Alosa aestivalis (Mitchill, 1814) -- Blueback Shad; Blueback Herring
   Alosa agone (Scopoli, 1786)
   Alosa alabamae Jordan and Evermann, 1896 -- Alabama Shad
   Alosa alosa (Linnaeus, 1758) -- Allis Shad
   Alosa brashnikovi (Borodin, 1904) -- Caspian Marine Shad
   Alosa caspia_caspia (Eichwald, 1838) -- Caspian Shad
   Alosa caspia_knipowitschi (Iljin, 1927) -- Enzeli Shad
   Alosa caspia_persica (Iljin, 1927) -- Astrabad Shad
   Alosa chrysochloris (Rafinesque, 1820) -- Skipjack Shad; Skipjack Herring
   Alosa fallax_fallax (Lacepede, 1803) -- Twaite Shad
   Alosa fallax_nilotica (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1809) -- Mediterranean Shad
   Alosa kessleri (Grimm, 1887) -- Caspian Anadromous Shad
   Alosa macedonica (Vinciguerra, 1921) -- Macedonia Shad
   Alosa maeotica (Grimm, 1901) -- Black Sea Shad
   Alosa mediocris (Mitchill, 1814) -- Hickory Shad
   Alosa pontica (Eichwald, 1838) -- Pontic Shad
   Alosa pseudoharengus (Wilson, 1811) -- Alewife
   Alosa sapidissima (Wilson, 1811) -- American Shad
   Alosa saposchnikowii (Grimm, 1887) -- Saposhnikovi Shad
   Alosa sphaerocephala (Berg, 1913) -- Agrakhan Shad
   Alosa tanaica (Grimm, 1901) -- Azov Shad
   Alosa vistonica Economidis and Sinis, 1986
   Amblygaster clupeoides Bleeker, 1849 -- Bleeker Smoothbelly Sardinella
   Amblygaster leiogaster (Valenciennes, 1847) -- Smooth-belly Sardinella
   Amblygaster sirm (Walbaum, 1792) -- Spotted Sardinella
   Anodontostoma chacunda (Hamilton, 1822) -- Chacunda Gizzard Shad
   Anodontostoma selangkat (Bleeker, 1852) -- Indonesian Gizzard Shad
   Anodontostoma thailandiae Wongratana, 1983 -- Thai Gizzard Shad
   Brevoortia aurea (Spix and Agassiz, 1829) -- Brazilian Menhaden
   Brevoortia gunteri Hildebrand, 1948 -- Finescale Menhaden
   Brevoortia patronus Goode, 1878 -- Gulf Menhaden
   Brevoortia pectinata (Jenyns, 1842) -- Argentine Menhaden
   Brevoortia smithi Hildebrand, 1941 -- Yellowfin Menhaden
   Brevoortia tyrannus (Latrobe, 1802) -- Atlantic Menhaden
   Caspialosa curensis (Suvorov, 1907) -- Kura Shad
   Clupanodon thrissa (Linnaeus, 1758) -- Chinese Gizzard Shad
   Clupea harengus_harengus Linnaeus, 1758 -- Atlantic Herring
   Clupea harengus_membras Linnaeus, 1761 -- Baltic Herring
   Clupea pallasii_marisalbi Berg, 1923 -- White Sea Herring
   Clupea pallasii_pallasii Valenciennes, 1847 -- Pacific Herring
   Clupea pallasii_suworowi Rabinerson, 1927 -- Chosa Herring
   Clupeichthys aesarnensis Wongratana, 1983 -- Thai River Sprat
   Clupeichthys bleekeri (Hardenberg, 1936) -- Kapuas River Sprat
   Clupeichthys goniognathus Bleeker, 1855 -- Sumatran River Sprat
   Clupeichthys perakensis (Herre, 1936) -- Perak River Sprat
   Clupeoides borneensis Bleeker, 1851 -- Borneo River Sprat
   Clupeoides hypselosoma Bleeker, 1866 -- Kalimantan River Sprat
   Clupeoides papuensis (Ramsay and Ogilby, 1886) -- Papuan River Sprat
   Clupeoides venulosus Weber and de Beaufort, 1912 -- West Irian River Sprat
   Clupeonella abrau_abrau (Malyatskii, 1930) -- Abrau Sprat
   Clupeonella abrau_muhlisi Neu, 1934
   Clupeonella cultriventris (Nordmann, 1840) -- Black Sea Sprat
   Clupeonella engrauliformis (Borodin, 1904) -- Anchovy Sprat
   Clupeonella grimmi Kessler, 1877 -- Southern Caspian Sprat
   Congothrissa gossei Poll, 1964 -- Smooth-belly Pellonuline
   Corica laciniata Fowler, 1935 -- Bangkok River Sprat
   Corica soborna Hamilton, 1822 -- Ganges River Sprat
   Cynothrissa ansorgii (Boulenger, 1910) -- Ansorges Fangtooth Pellonuline
   Cynothrissa mento Regan, 1917 -- Nigerian Fangtooth Pellonuline
   Dayella malabarica (Day, 1873) -- Days Round Herring
   Dorosoma anale Meek, 1904 -- Mexican River Gizzard Shad
   Dorosoma cepedianum (Lesueur, 1818) -- American Gizzard Shad; Gizzard Shad
   Dorosoma chavesi Meek, 1907 -- Nicaragua Gizzard Shad
   Dorosoma petenense (Gunther, 1867) -- Threadfin Shad
   Dorosoma petenense atchafalayae -- Mississippi Threadfin Shad
   Dorosoma smithi Hubbs and Miller, 1941 -- Pacific Gizzard Shad
   Dussumieria acuta Valenciennes, 1847 -- Rainbow Sardine
   Dussumieria elopsoides Bleeker, 1849 -- Slender Rainbow Sardine
   Ehirava fluviatilis Deraniyagala, 1929 -- Malabar Sprat
   Escualosa elongata Wongratana, 1983 -- Slender White Sardine
   Escualosa thoracata (Valenciennes, 1847) -- White Sardine
   Ethmalosa fimbriata (Bowdich, 1825) -- Bonga Shad
   Ethmidium maculatum (Valenciennes, 1847) -- Pacific Menhaden
   Etrumeus micropus (Temminck and Schlegel, 1846)
   Etrumeus teres (DeKay, 1842) -- Round Herring
   Etrumeus whiteheadi Wongratana, 1983 -- Whiteheads Round Herring
   Gilchristella aestuaria (Gilchrist, 1913) -- Gilchrists Round Herring
   Gonialosa manmina (Hamilton, 1822) -- Ganges River Gizzard Shad
   Gonialosa modesta (Day, 1870) -- Burmese River Gizzard Shad
   Gonialosa whiteheadi Wongratana, 1983 -- Southern Burmese River Gizzard Shad
   Gudusia chapra (Hamilton, 1822) -- Indian River Shad
   Gudusia variegata (Day, 1870) -- Burmese River Shad
   Harengula clupeola (Cuvier, 1829) -- False Herring
   Harengula humeralis (Cuvier, 1829) -- Redear Herring
   Harengula jaguana Poey, 1865 -- Scaled Herring
   Harengula thrissina (Jordan and Gilbert, 1882) -- Pacific Flatiron Herring
   Herklotsichthys blackburni (Whitley, 1948) -- Blackburns Herring
   Herklotsichthys castelnaui (Ogilby, 1897) -- Castelnaus Herring
   Herklotsichthys collettei Wongratana, 1987
   Herklotsichthys dispilonotus (Bleeker, 1852) -- Blacksaddle Herring
   Herklotsichthys gotoi Wongratana, 1983 -- Gotos Herring
   Herklotsichthys koningsbergeri (Weber and de Beaufort, 1912) -- Koningsbergers Herring
   Herklotsichthys lippa (Whitley, 1931) -- Australian Spotted Herring
   Herklotsichthys lossei Wongratana, 1983 -- Gulf Herring
   Herklotsichthys punctatus (Rüppell, 1837) -- Spotback Herring
   Herklotsichthys quadrimaculatus (Rüppell, 1837) -- Bluestripe Herring; Goldspot Herring
   Herklotsichthys spilurus (Guichenot, 1863) -- Reunion Herring
   Hilsa kelee (Cuvier, 1829) -- Kelee Shad
   Hyperlophus translucidus McCulloch, 1917 -- Transparent Sandy Sprat
   Hyperlophus vittatus (Castelnau, 1875) -- Sandy Sprat
   Jenkinsia lamprotaenia (Gosse, 1851) -- Dwarf Round Herring
   Jenkinsia majua Whitehead, 1963 -- Little-eye Round Herring
   Jenkinsia parvula Cervigón and Velazquez, 1978 -- Short-striped Round Herring
   Jenkinsia stolifera (Jordan and Gilbert, 1884) -- Florida Round Herring
   Konosirus punctatus (Temminck and Schlegel, 1846) -- Konoshiro Gizzard Shad
   Laeviscutella dekimpei Poll, Whitehead and Hopson, 1965 -- Roundbelly Pellonuline
   Lile gracilis Castro-Aguirre and Vivero, 1990 -- Graceful Piquitinga
   Lile nigrofasciata Castro-Aguirre, Ruiz-Campos and Balart, 2002
   Lile piquitinga (Schreiner and Miranda-Ribeiro, 1903) -- Atlantic Piquitinga
   Lile stolifera (Jordan and Gilbert, 1882) -- Pacific Piquitinga
   Limnothrissa miodon (Boulenger, 1906) -- Lake Tanganyika Sardine
   Microthrissa congica (Regan, 1917) -- Bigscale Pellonuline
   Microthrissa minuta Poll, 1974 -- Dungu Sprat
   Microthrissa royauxi Boulenger, 1902 -- Royal Sprat
   Microthrissa whiteheadi Gourène and Teugels, 1988
   Nannothrissa parva (Regan, 1917) -- Lake Tumba Dwarf Sprat
   Nannothrissa stewarti Poll and Roberts, 1976 -- Mai-ndombe Dwarf Sprat
   Nematalosa arabica Regan, 1917 -- Arabian Gizzard Shad
   Nematalosa come (Richardson, 1846) -- Western Pacific Gizzard Shad
   Nematalosa erebi (Gunther, 1868) -- Australian River Gizzard Shad
   Nematalosa flyensis Wongratana, 1983 -- Fly River Gizzard Shad
   Nematalosa galatheae Nelson and Rothman, 1973 -- Galathea Gizzard Shad
   Nematalosa japonica Regan, 1917 -- Japanese Gizzard Shad
   Nematalosa nasus (Bloch, 1795) -- Blochs Gizzard Shad
   Nematalosa papuensis (Munro, 1964) -- Strickland River Gizzard Shad
   Nematalosa persara Nelson and McCarthy, 1995
   Nematalosa resticularia Nelson and McCarthy, 1995
   Nematalosa vlaminghi (Munro, 1956) -- Western Australian Gizzard Shad
   Neoopisthopterus cubanus Hildebrand, 1948 -- Cuban Longfin Herring
   Neoopisthopterus tropicus (Hildebrand, 1946) -- Tropical Longfin Herring
   Odaxothrissa losera Boulenger, 1899 -- Losera Fangtooth Pellonuline
   Odaxothrissa vittata Regan, 1917 -- Regans Fangtooth Pellonuline
   Odontognathus compressus Meek and Hildebrand, 1923 -- Caribbean Longfin Herring
   Odontognathus mucronatus Lacepede, 1800 -- Guiana Longfin Herring
   Odontognathus panamensis (Steindachner, 1876) -- Panama Longfin Herring
   Opisthonema berlangai Berry and Barrett, 1963 -- Galapagos Thread Herring
   Opisthonema bulleri (Regan, 1904) -- Slender Thread Herring
   Opisthonema libertate (Gunther, 1867) -- Pacific Thread Herring; Deepbody Thread Herring
   Opisthonema medirastre Berry and Barrett, 1963 -- Middling Thread Herring
   Opisthonema oglinum (Lesueur, 1818) -- Atlantic Thread Herring
   Opisthopterus dovi (Gunther, 1868) -- Doves Longfin Herring
   Opisthopterus effulgens (Regan, 1903) -- Vaqueira Longfin Herring
   Opisthopterus equatorialis Hildebrand, 1946 -- Equatorial Longfin Herring
   Opisthopterus macrops (Gunther, 1867) -- Bigeyed Longfin Herring
   Opisthopterus tardoore (Cuvier, 1829) -- Tardoore
   Opisthopterus valenciennesi Bleeker, 1872 -- Slender Tardoor
   Pellonula leonensis Boulenger, 1916 -- Smalltoothed Pellonula
   Pellonula vorax Gunther, 1868 -- Bigtoothed Pellonula
   Platanichthys platana (Regan, 1917) -- River Plate Sprat
   Pliosteostoma lutipinnis (Jordan and Gilbert, 1882) -- Yellowfin Herring
   Poecilothrissa centralis Poll, 1974 -- Central Zaire Pellonuline
   Poecilothrissa moeruensis Poll, 1948 -- Lake Mweru Sprat
   Potamalosa richmondia (Macleay, 1879) -- Australian Freshwater Herring
   Potamothrissa acutirostris (Boulenger, 1899) -- Sharpnosed Sawtooth Pellonuline
   Potamothrissa obtusirostris (Boulenger, 1909) -- Bluntnosed Sawtooth Pellonuline
   Potamothrissa whiteheadi Poll, 1974 -- Whiteheads Sawtooth Pellonuline
   Raconda russeliana Gray, 1831 -- Raconda
   Ramnogaster arcuata (Jenyns, 1842) -- Jenynss Sprat
   Ramnogaster melanostoma (Eigenmann, 1907) -- Uruguay River Sprat
   Rhinosardinia amazonica (Steindachner, 1879) -- Amazon Spinejaw Sprat
   Rhinosardinia bahiensis (Steindachner, 1879) -- Bahia Sprat
   Sardina pilchardus (Walbaum, 1792) -- European Pilchard
   Sardinella albella (Valenciennes, 1847) -- White Sardinella
   Sardinella atricauda (Gunther, 1868) -- Bleekers Blacktip Sardinella
   Sardinella aurita Valenciennes, 1847 -- Round Sardinella
   Sardinella brachysoma Bleeker, 1852 -- Deepbody Sardinella
   Sardinella fijiense (Fowler and Bean, 1923) -- Fiji Sardinella
   Sardinella fimbriata (Valenciennes, 1847) -- Fringescale Sardinella
   Sardinella gibbosa (Bleeker, 1849) -- Goldstripe Sardinella
   Sardinella hualiensis (Chu and Tsai, 1958) -- Taiwan Sardinella
   Sardinella janeiro (Eigenmann, 1894) -- Brazilian Sardinella
   Sardinella jussieui (Lacepede, 1803) -- Mauritian Sardinella
   Sardinella lemuru Bleeker, 1853 -- Bali Sardinella
   Sardinella longiceps Valenciennes, 1847 -- Indian Oil Sardine
   Sardinella maderensis (Lowe, 1838) -- Madeiran Sardinella
   Sardinella marquesensis Berry and Whitehead, 1968 -- Marquesan Sardinella; Marquesan Sardine
   Sardinella melanura (Cuvier, 1829) -- Blacktip Sardinella
   Sardinella neglecta Wongratana, 1983 -- East African Sardinella
   Sardinella richardsoni Wongratana, 1983 -- Richardsons Sardinella
   Sardinella rouxi (Poll, 1953) -- Yellowtail Sardinella
   Sardinella sindensis (Day, 1878) -- Sind Sardinella
   Sardinella tawilis (Herre, 1927) -- Freshwater Sardinella
   Sardinella zunasi (Bleeker, 1854) -- Japanese Sardinella
   Sardinops sagax (Jenyns, 1842) -- South American Pilchard
   Sauvagella madagascariensis (Sauvage, 1883) -- Madagascar Round Herring
   Sauvagella robusta Stiassny, 2002
   Sierrathrissa leonensis Thys van den Audenaerde, 1969 -- West African Pygmy Herring
   Spratelloides delicatulus (Bennett, 1832) -- Delicate Round Herring
   Spratelloides gracilis (Temminck and Schlegel, 1846) -- Silver-stripe Round Herring
   Spratelloides lewisi Wongratana, 1983 -- Lewis Round Herring
   Spratelloides robustus Ogilby, 1897 -- Fringe-scale Round Herring
   Spratellomorpha bianalis (Bertin, 1940) -- Two-finned Round Herring
   Sprattus antipodum (Hector, 1872) -- New Zealand Blueback Sprat
   Sprattus fuegensis (Jenyns, 1842) -- Falkland Sprat
   Sprattus muelleri (Klunzinger, 1880) -- New Zealand Sprat
   Sprattus novaehollandiae (Valenciennes, 1847) -- Australian Sprat
   Sprattus sprattus_balticus (Schneider, 1908) -- Baltic Sprat
   Sprattus sprattus_sprattus (Linnaeus, 1758) -- European Sprat
   Stolothrissa tanganicae Regan, 1917 -- Lake Tanganyika Sprat
   Strangomera bentincki (Norman, 1936) -- Araucanian Herring
   Tenualosa ilisha (Hamilton, 1822) -- Hilsa Shad
   Tenualosa macrura (Bleeker, 1852) -- Longtail Shad
   Tenualosa reevesii (Richardson, 1846) -- Reeves Shad
   Tenualosa thibaudeaui (Durand, 1940) -- Laotian Shad
   Tenualosa toli (Valenciennes, 1847) -- Toli Shad
   Thrattidion noctivagus Roberts, 1972 -- Sanaga Pygmy Herring

Updated: 2015-05-06 21:40:39

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