Family Clupeoidei Bleeker 1859 (herring)
Actinopteri - Clupeiformes - Clupeoidei
Parent taxon: Clupeiformes according to R. Betancur et al. 2013
See also Cantalice et al. 2019, Capobianco et al. 2020, Casier 1965, Constantin 1999, Danil'chenko 1960, Estes 1964, Forey et al. 2003, Grande 1982, Jordan 1963, Marramá and Carnevale 2015, Murray et al. 2005 and Nelson et al. 2016
Sister taxa: Austroclupea, Chirocentroidea, Daitingichthys, Denticipitoidei, Hacquetia, Pseudoellimma, Pseudohilsa
Subtaxa: Alosidae Ancylostylidae Chirocentridae Clupavidae Clupeidae Clupeoidea Cromeriidae Dorosomidae Dussumieriidae Engraulidae Engrauloidea Erythrinolepidae Macristiidae Notogoneidae Pristigasteridae
Ecology: nektonic carnivore