Clupeomorpha

Clupeomorpha is a superorder of ray-finned fish which belongs to the clade Otocephala. Represented today only by the diverse, economically-important order Clupeiformes (containing herrings, anchovies and allies), it was formerly even more diverse, with the extinct order Ellimmichthyiformes also known. Fossil records of this group date back to the Berriasian/Valanginian boundary, with the genus Ellimmichthys.^[2]

Clupeomorpha Temporal range: Early Cretaceous to present, 140–0 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Atlantic herring, (Clupea harengus)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Cohort:	Otocephala
Superorder:	Clupeomorpha Greenwood, Rosen, Weitzman & Myers, 1966[1]
Orders
see text

Classification

Clupeomorpha contains the following taxa:^{[3][4][5][1][6][7]}

• Genus †Beurlenichthys de Figueiredo & Gallo, 2004
• Genus †Leufuichthys Gallo et al., 2011
• Genus †Ornategulum Forey, 1973
• Genus †Scombroclupea Kner, 1863
• †Order Ellimmichthyiformes Grande, 1982
  • †Family Armigatidae A. M. Murray & M. V. H. Wilson, 2013
  • †Family Sorbinichthyidae Bannikov & Bacchia, 2000
  • †Family Paraclupeidae Chang & Chou, 1974 (= Ellimmichthyidae Grande, 1982)
• Order Clupeiformes Goodrich, 1909
  • Suborder Denticipitoidei Grande, 1982
    • Family Denticipitidae Clausen, 1959 (denticle herrings)
  • Suborder Clupeoidei Bleeker, 1849
    • Family Spratelloididae D. S. Jordan 1925 (dwarf herrings or small round herrings)
    • Family Engraulidae 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)