Dussumieriidae Explained

Dussumieriidae is a family of clupeiform fishes popularly called the "round herrings". It is now recognized by FishBase as a family in its own right; it had been considered to be a subfamily of Clupeidae.^[1] It contains two extant genera, and some potential fossil genera. Possibly the earliest record of the group is Nardoclupea from the Campanian of Italy.^[2]

The following genera are known:

• Dussumieria Valenciennes, 1847
• Etrumeus Bleeker, 1853
• †Paretrumeus Daniltshenko, 1980 (Oligocene of North Caucasus, Russia)
• †Trollichthys Marramà & Carnevale, 2014 (Early Eocene of Italy)

Putative fossil genera include:

• †Nardoclupea Taverne, 2002 (Late Cretaceous of Italy)^[3]
• †?Portoselvaggioclupea Taverne, 2007 (Late Cretaceous of Italy)^[4]
• †?Pseudoetringus David, 1946 (Late Eocene of California)^[5]

Notes and References

1. Web site: FAMILY Details for Dussumieriidae - Round herrings . 2024-04-17 . fishbase.mnhn.fr.
2. Marramà . Giuseppe . Carnevale . Giorgio . 2014 . Eocene round herring (Teleostei: Clupeidae) from Monte Bolca, Italy . Acta Palaeontologica Polonica . en . 10.4202/app.00057.2014 . 0567-7920. 2318/1525495 . free .
3. Taverne . L. . 2002 . Les poissons crétacés de Nardò. 12°. Nardoclupea grandei gen. et sp. nov. (Teleostei, Clupeiformes, Dussumieriinae) . Boll Mus Civico Storia Nat Verona, Geol Paleontol Preist . 26 . 3.
4. Taverne . L. . 2007 . Les poissons crétacés de Nardò. 26°. Un second Dussumieriinae: Portoselvaggioclupea whiteheadi gen. et sp. nov. et complément à l’étude de Pugliaclupea nolardi (Teleostei, Clupeidae) . Boll Mus Civ St Nat Verona, sez di Geologia, Paleontologia e Preistoria . 31 . 37.
5. David . Lorre R. . 1946 . Some Typical Upper Eogene Fish Scales from California . Contributions to Paleontology . IV.