Family Engraulidae (herring)
Actinopteri - Clupeiformes - Clupeoidei
Parent taxon: Clupeoidei according to R. Betancur et al. 2013
See also Fierstine et al. 2012, Grande 1982, Jordan 1963, Nelson et al. 2016 and Nolf and Bajpai 1992
Sister taxa: Ancylostylidae, Chirocentridae, Clupavidae, Clupeidae, Clupeoidea, Cromeriidae, Dorosomidae, Dussumieriidae, Engrauloidea, Erythrinolepidae, Macristiidae, Notogoneidae, Pristigasteridae
Subtaxa: Coilinae Engraulinae Engraulites Stolephorus
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
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