Clupeiformes

Translingual

Etymology

Clupea +‎ -iformes

Proper noun

Clupeiformes

1. 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