Clupeoidei

Clupeoidei is a suborder of marine and freshwater ray-finned fishes belonging to the order Clupeiformes, an order which includes the herrings, anchovies and shads.

Clupeoidei Temporal range: Late Barremian to present, 122–0 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Atlantic herring, (Clupea harengus)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Clupeiformes
Suborder:	Clupeoidei Bleeker, 1849[1]
Families
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Classification

The Clupeoidei has the following families classified within it:^[2][3]

• Family Spratelloididae Jordan, 1925 (dwarf herrings or small round herrings)
• Family Engraulidae Gill, 1861 (anchovies)
  • Subfamily Coiliinae Bleeker, 1872 (Old World anchovies)
  • Subfamily Engraulinae Gill, 1861 (anchovies)
• Family Clupeidae Cuvier, 1816 (herrings and sprats)
• Family Chirocentridae Bleeker, 1849 (wolf herrings)
• Family Dussumieriidae Gill, 1861 (round herrings or rainbow sardines)
• Family Pristigasteridae Bleeker, 1872 (longfin herrings)
• Family Ehiravidae Deraniyagala, 1929 (river sprats)
• Family Alosidae Svetovidov, 1952 (shads and sardines)
• Family Dorosomatidae Gill, 1861 (thread herrings or gizzard shads and sardinellas)

The following extinct taxa are also known:

• Genus †Beksinskiella Granica, Bieńowska-Wasiluki & Paldyna, 2024^[4]
• Genus †Nolfia De Figueiredo, 2009^[5]
• Genus †Pseudoellima De Figueiredo, 2009^[6]
• Family †Cynoclupeidae Malabarba & Di Dario, 2017^[7]