Clupeoidei is a suborder of marine and freshwater ray-finned fishes belonging to the order Clupeiformes, an order which includes the herrings, anchovies and shads.
Classification
The Clupeoidei has the following families classified within it:
- Family Spratelloididae <small>Jordan, 1925</small> (dwarf herrings or small round herrings)
- Family Engraulidae <small>Gill, 1861</small> (anchovies)
- Subfamily Coiliinae <small>Bleeker, 1872</small> (Old World anchovies)
- Subfamily Engraulinae <small>Gill, 1861</small> (anchovies)
- Family Clupeidae <small>Cuvier, 1816</small> (herrings and sprats)
- Family Chirocentridae <small>Bleeker, 1849</small> (wolf herrings)
- Family Dussumieriidae <small>Gill, 1861</small> (round herrings or rainbow sardines)
- Family Pristigasteridae <small>Bleeker, 1872</small> (longfin herrings)
- Family Ehiravidae <small>Deraniyagala, 1929</small> (river sprats)
- Family Alosidae <small>Svetovidov, 1952</small> (shads and sardines)
- Family Dorosomatidae <small>Gill, 1861</small> (thread herrings or gizzard shads and sardinellas)
The following extinct taxa are also known:
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