See text 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.

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