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Clupeidae

22 fish on EveryFish name Clupeidae among their families.

🇺🇸 United States and 2 moreAmerican gizzard shad A silvery freshwater forage fish with a muscular gizzard.Herring · Rivers and lakes

🇺🇸 United States and 1 moreAlewife A small North American herring that migrates between sea and rivers.Herring · Coasts and shelves

WorldBloch's gizzard shad Small anadromous fish found across the Indo-West Pacific.Herring · Rivers and lakes · 1795

🇮🇳 India and 3 moreIndian river shad A shad found in rivers and flooded fields across South Asia.Herring · Rivers and lakes

🇲🇾 Malaysia and 4 moreToli shad A prized shad of the Indian and Pacific coastsHerring · Rivers and lakes

🇿🇲 Zambia and 4 moreKapenta Small freshwater sardines from Lake Tanganyika, vital for food and economy in southern Africa.Herring · Rivers and lakes

🇳🇿 New Zealand and 1 moreSprat Small forage fish of the genus Sprattus and related genera in the herring family.Herring · Coasts and shelves

🇧🇩 Bangladesh and 4 moreIlish Anadromous herring species prized as a delicacy in South Asia and the Middle East.Herring · Rivers and lakes

🇮🇳 India and 4 moreChacunda gizzard shad A small clupeid fish found across the Indo-West Pacific region.Herring · Coasts and shelves

🇺🇸 United States and 2 moreAmerican shad An anadromous fish of the Atlantic coast known for its delicate flesh and cultural festivals.Herring · Rivers and lakes

Photo credits on this page

The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.

American gizzard shad: Unknown author, Public domain, source
Alewife: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Bloch's gizzard shad: C. Achilles, Public domain, source
Indian river shad: C. Achilles, Public domain, source
Toli shad: BEDO (Thailand), CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Kapenta: Emesik, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Sprat: Hans Hillewaert, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Ilish: Nahid Sultan This work was made by Nahid Sultan and released under the, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Chacunda gizzard shad: Jean-Lou Justine, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
American shad: Shermon Foote Denton, Public domain, source

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