Clupea Linnaeus [C.] 1758:317 Fem. Clupea harengus Linnaeus 1758. Type by subsequent designation. Type designated by Gill 1861:35 [ref. 1767]. On Official List (Opinion 77). •Valid as Clupea Linnaeus 1758 -- (Svetovidov 1973:99 [ref. 7169], Whitehead in Whitehead et al. 1984:272 [ref. 13675], Uyeno & Sato in Masuda et al. 1984:19 [ref. 6441], Grande 1985:249 [ref. 6466], Whitehead 1985:115 [ref. 5141], Dorofeeva 1998:28 [ref. 23573], Mecklenburg et al. 2002:133 [ref. 25968], Munroe & Nizinski 2003:808 [ref. 26997], Bogutskaya & Naseka 2004:35 [ref. 28183], Kottelat & Freyhof 2007:63 [ref. 29996], Mecklenburg et al. 2011:117 [ref. 31212], Parin et al. 2014:56 [ref. 33547], Pietsch & Orr 2015:19 [ref. 34694], Mecklenburg et al. 2016:26 [ref. 34440], Dyldin & Orlov 2016:547 [ref. 34656]). Current status: Valid as Clupea Linnaeus 1758. Clupeidae.