Subfamily Dorosomatinae (herring)
Actinopteri - Clupeiformes - Clupeoidei
Parent taxon: Clupeidae according to J. S. Nelson et al. 2016
See also Grande 1982
Sister taxa: Alisea, Alosa, Anchoa, Audenaerdia, Bolcaichthys, Brevoortia, Chasmoclupea, Clupea, Clupeidarum, Clupeinae, Dussumieria, Ehiravinae, Eoalosa, Epelichthys, Etringus, Ganoessus, Ganolytes, Hypsospondylus, Nolfia, Opisthonema, Pellonula, Pellonulinae, Pomolobus, Quisque, Sardina, Sardinops, Sarmatella, Spratelloides, Trollichthys, Waihaoclupea, Wisslerius, Xenophanis, Xenothrissa, Xyne, Xyrinius
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Dorosomatinae in the database