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.
Classification
The Clupeoidei has the following families classified within it:
- 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
- Genus †Nolfia De Figueiredo, 2009
- Genus †Pseudoellima De Figueiredo, 2009
- Family †Cynoclupeidae Malabarba & Di Dario, 2017
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