Family Pristigasteridae (herring)
Actinopteri - Clupeiformes - Clupeoidei
Alternative spelling: Pristigasterinae
Parent taxon: Clupeoidei according to R. Betancur et al. 2013
See also Grande 1982, Nelson et al. 2016 and Steurbaut 1984
Sister taxa: Alosidae, Ancylostylidae, Chirocentridae, Clupavidae, Clupeidae, Clupeoidea, Cromeriidae, Dorosomidae, Dussumieriidae, Engraulidae, Engrauloidea, Erythrinolepidae, Macristiidae, Notogoneidae
Subtaxa: Ilisha Pelloninae
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Pristigasteridae in the database