Clupeidae
Clupeidae (Latin: "sardine") is the name of the fish family of the herrings, shads, sardines, hilsa, and menhadens. They include many of the most important food fishes in the world, and are also commonly caught for production of fish oil and fish meal. Many members of the family have a body protected with shiny cycloid scales (very smooth and uniform scales), a single dorsal fin, with a fusiform body built for quick, evasive swimming and pursuit of prey composed of small planktonic animals. Due to their small size, and placement in the lower trophic level of many marine food webs, the levels of methylmercury they bioaccumulate are very low, reducing the risk of mercury poisoning when consumed.
Description and biology
Clupeids are mostly marine forage fish, although a few species are found in fresh water. No species has scales on the head, and some are entirely scaleless. The lateral line is short or absent, and the teeth are unusually small where they are present at all. Clupeids typically feed on plankton, and range from 2 to 75 cm (0.8 to 30 in.) in length. The family arguably also contains the "Sundasalangidae", a paedomorphic taxon first thought to be distinct salmoniform family but then found to be deeply nested in Clupeidae. In the fossil record clupeids date back to the early Paleogene.
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by: GollbettyA scarred and bug-eyed Frankenstein
He looks down from the windmill in despair
The last flying scene of a mad junky
He holds his torn-off mask and laughs...
Why are you strong?
I ask with clear eyes
Why do you laugh?
He took my hand
And said, "Follow me..."
You!! Fighter
He knows
You!! Fighter
How strong he is
You can't hold back the fighting spirit that wells up
The overflowing bravery stimulates something
Clutching the "kindness" etched in here
Your ears are ringing...
Jekyll and Hyde afraid of the dark
His black and white angel holds his breath
A mad doctor, last telepathy
He hides his sewn up face and cries...
Why does it hurt?
I thought you don't know pain?
Why do you forgive him?
"I've become human..." he said tearfully
You!! Fighter
I know
You!! Fighter
How strong you are
The fighting spirit starts to run and doesn't stop
The overflowing justice stimulates him
Clutching the "kindness" etched in here
He cries "fight"!!
Why are you strong?
I ask with clear eyes
Why do you laugh?
He took my hand
And said, "Follow me..."
You!! Fighter
He knows
You!! Fighter
How strong he is
You!! Fighter
I know
You!! Fighter
How strong you are
You can't hold back the fighting spirit that wells up
The overflowing bravery stimulates something
Clutching the "kindness" etched in here
Your ears are ringing...
He cries "fight"!!
Fighter!! Always burning here...