Family Macristiidae (herring)
Osteichthyes - Clupeiformes - Macristiidae
Parent taxon: Clupeoidei according to D. S. Jordan 1963
Sister taxa: Alosidae, Chirocentridae, Clupeidae, Clupeoidea, Cromeriidae, Dorosomidae, Dussumieriidae, Engraulidae, Engrauloidea, Notogoneidae, Pristigasteridae
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Macristiidae in the database