Clupea

From Latin clupea (“allis shad”).

Clupea f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Clupeidae – the herring, plankton-eating forage fish that are an important food, found in temperate waters.

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Actinopterygii – superclass; Teleostei – class; Clupeomorpha - superorder; Clupeiformes - order; Clupeidae - family; Clupeinae - subfamily

• (genus): Clupea harengus (Atlantic herring) - type species; Clupea bentincki (Araucanian herring), Clupea caspiopontica, Clupea harengula, Clupea melanostoma, Clupea pallasii (Pacific herring) - species

• Clupea on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Clupea on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Clupea on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Clupea at World Register of Marine Species

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Clupea f sg (genitive Clupeae); first declension

1. A town in Africa, now Kélibia

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

• Clupeāni

• Clupea in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette