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 D. S. Jordan 1925 (dwarf herrings or small round herrings) Family Dussumieriidae Gill, 1861 (round herrings or rainbow sardines) Family Chirocentridae Bleeker, 1849 (wolf herrings Family Engraulidae Gill, 1861 (anchovies) Subfamily Coiliinae Bleeker, 1872 (Old World anchovies) Subfamily Engraulinae Gill, 1861 (anchovies) Family Pristigasteridae Bleeker, 1872 (longfin herrings) Family Clupeidae Cuvier, 1816 (herrings and sprats) Family Hyperlophidae Ogilby, 1897 (double-armored freshwater herrings) Family Ehiravidae Deraniyagala, 1929 (river sprats) Subfamily Ehiravinae Deraniyagala, 1929 (Indian freshwater herrings) Subfamily Pellonulinae Svetovidov, 1952 (African freshwater herrings) 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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