Dussumieriidae

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.^[2] It contains two extant genera, and some potential fossil genera. Possibly the earliest record of the group is Nardoclupea from the Campanian of Italy.^[3]

Round herrings Temporal range: Ypresian to present PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N Possibly Campanian records
D. acuta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Clupeiformes
Suborder:	Clupeoidei
Family:	Dussumieriidae Gill, 1861[1]
Genera
See text

The following genera are known:

• Dussumieria Valenciennes, 1847
• Etrumeus Bleeker, 1853
• †Paretrumeus Daniltshenko, 1980 (Oligocene of North Caucasus, Russia)^[3]
• †Trollichthys Marramà & Carnevale, 2014 (Early Eocene of Italy)^[3]

Putative fossil genera include:^[3]

• †Nardoclupea Taverne, 2002 (Late Cretaceous of Italy)^[4]
• †?Portoselvaggioclupea Taverne, 2007 (Late Cretaceous of Italy)^[5]
• †?Pseudoetringus David, 1946 (Late Eocene of California)^[6]