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Clupeiformes
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Clupeiformes
Families

Denticipitidae (denticle herring)
Engraulidae (anchovies)
Pristigasteridae (pristigasterids)
Chirocentridae (wolf herring)
Clupeidae (herrings)

Clupeiformes is the order of ray-finned fish that includes the herring family, Clupeidae, and the anchovy family, Engraulidae.


The order includes about 300 species in five families.






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arapaima. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05 (229 words)
The scales are olive-green, turning increasingly reddish in the tail region and becoming crimson near the tail fin.
The swim bladder, as in all members of the order Clupeiformes, is open to the pharynx; in the arapaima it is rich in blood vessels and serves as a lung.
It is a graceful swimmer despite its bulk, and it is valued as an aquarium fish as well as for food.
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