Clupeomorpha is a superorder of ray-finned fish which belongs to the clade Otocephala. Represented today only by the diverse, economically-important order Clupeiformes (containing herrings, anchovies and allies), it was formerly even more diverse, with the extinct order Ellimmichthyiformes also known. Fossil records of this group date back to the Tithonian stage of the Late Jurassic, with the ellimmichthyiform genera Aijaichthys and Ancashichthys.
Classification
Clupeomorpha contains the following taxa:
- Genus Beurlenichthys <small>de Figueiredo & Gallo, 2004</small>
- Genus Leufuichthys <small>Gallo et al., 2011</small>
- Genus Ornategulum <small>Forey, 1973</small>
- Genus Scombroclupea <small>Kner, 1863</small>
- Order Ellimmichthyiformes <small>Grande, 1982</small>
- â Family Ancashichthyidae <small>Ordóñez, Arratia, Tejada & Chacaltana, 2026</small>
- Family Armigatidae <small>A. M. Murray & M. V. H. Wilson, 2013</small>
- Family Gasteroclupeidae <small>Signeux, 1964</small>
- Family Paraclupeidae <small>Chang & Chou, 1974</small> (= Ellimmichthyidae <small>Grande, 1982</small>)
- Family Sorbinichthyidae <small>Bannikov & Bacchia, 2000</small>
- Order Clupeiformes <small>Goodrich, 1909</small>
- Suborder Denticipitoidei <small>Grande, 1982</small>
- Family Denticipitidae Clausen, 1959 (denticle herrings)
- Suborder Clupeoidei <small>Bleeker, 1849</small>
- Family Spratelloididae <small>D. S. Jordan 1925</small> (dwarf herrings or small round herrings)
- Family Engraulidae <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)
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