''Clupeonella'' is a genus of

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in the family

Clupeidae Clupeidae is a family of ray-finned fishes, comprising, for instance, the herrings, shads, sardines, hilsa, and menhadens. The clupeoids include many of the most important food fishes in the world, and are also commonly caught for production of ...

. They are widespread in the

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and

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s of the

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and

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drainages.

Species

* ''

Clupeonella abrau Abrau sprat, ''Clupeonella abrau'', is a species of freshwater fish in the family Clupeidae. It is found landlocked in Russia in a single locality, Lake Abrau, located at 70 m above sea level near the Black Sea coast close to Novorossiysk. The ...

'' (Maliatsky, 1930) (Abrau sprat) * ''

Clupeonella caspia Caspian tyulka, ''Clupeonella caspia'', is a species of fish in the family Clupeidae. It is found in the Caspian Sea, also in the lower reaches of the rivers Volga, Ural, and possibly Terek. This is a brackishwater pelagic-neritic fish, up to ...

'' Svetovidov, 1941 (Caspian tyulka) * ''

Clupeonella cultriventris The Black Sea sprat, ''Clupeonella cultriventris'', is a small fish of the herring family, Clupeidae. It is found in the Black Sea and Sea of Azov and rivers of its basins: Danube, Dnister, Dnipro (Ukraine), Southern Bug, Don, Kuban. It has ...

'' ( Nordmann, 1840) (Black Sea sprat) * ''

Clupeonella engrauliformis Anchovy sprat, ''Clupeonella engrauliformis'', is a species of fish in the family Clupeidae. It is one of the several species of ''Clupeonella'' found in the Caspian Sea It lives pelagic The pelagic zone consists of the water column of th ...

'' (

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, 1904) (Anchovy sprat) * ''

Clupeonella grimmi Southern Caspian sprat, ''Clupeonella grimmi'', is a species of fish in the family Clupeidae. It is found in the brackishwater Caspian Sea, in its central and southern parts in the pelagic The pelagic zone consists of the water column of th ...

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, 1877 (Southern Caspian sprat) * ''

Clupeonella muhlisi ''Clupeonella muhlisi'' is a species of clupeid fish endemic to Lake Uluabat in Turkey, linked to the Sea of Marmara. It is a small fish, up to 8 cm in length, that shoals at the water surface. It feeds on pelagic crustaceans and fish eggs ...

'' Neu, 1934 * ''

Clupeonella tscharchalensis The freshwater tyulka (''Clupeonella tscharchalensis'') is a species of fish in the herring family Clupeidae. It is found in the Caspian Sea watersheds, including the lower reaches of the rivers Volga and Ural. It was introduced to the Don River ...

'' (

, 1896) (Freshwater tyulka)

Sources

* Clupeidae Freshwater fish genera Taxa named by Karl Kessler Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Clupeiformes-stub