Superorder Clupeomorpha Greenwood et al. 1966
Full reference: P. H. Greenwood, D. E. Rosen, S. H. Weitzman and G. S. Myers. 1966. Phyletic studies of teleostean fishes, with a provisional classification of living forms. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 131(4):339-456
Parent taxon: Otocephala according to J. S. Nelson et al. 2016
See also Bannikov 2014, De Figueiredo 2009, Forey et al. 2003, Long 2011, Marramá and Carnevale 2015, Murray et al. 2005 and Nelson 2006
Sister taxa: Alepocephali, Clupei, Ostariophysi, Otariophysi
Subtaxa: Ellimmichthyiformes Leufuichthys Ornategulum Ranulfoichthys Scombroclupea