Clupeoidei
Suborder of fishes
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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.
| Clupeoidei Temporal range: Late Barremian to present, | |
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| Atlantic herring, (Clupea harengus) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Clupeiformes |
| Suborder: | Clupeoidei Bleeker, 1849[1] |
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Classification
The Clupeoidei has the following families classified within it:[2][3]
- Family Spratelloididae Jordan, 1925 (dwarf herrings or small round herrings)
- Family Engraulidae Gill, 1861 (anchovies)
- Subfamily Coiliinae Bleeker, 1872 (Old World anchovies)
- Subfamily Engraulinae Gill, 1861 (anchovies)
- Family Clupeidae Cuvier, 1816 (herrings and sprats)
- Family Chirocentridae Bleeker, 1849 (wolf herrings)
- Family Dussumieriidae Gill, 1861 (round herrings or rainbow sardines)
- Family Pristigasteridae Bleeker, 1872 (longfin herrings)
- Family Ehiravidae Deraniyagala, 1929 (river sprats)
- Family Alosidae Svetovidov, 1952 (shads and sardines)
- Family Dorosomatidae Gill, 1861 (thread herrings or gizzard shads and sardinellas)
The following extinct taxa are also known:
- Genus †Beksinskiella Granica, Bieńowska-Wasiluki & Paldyna, 2024[4]
- Genus †Nolfia De Figueiredo, 2009[5]
- Genus †Pseudoellima De Figueiredo, 2009[6]
- Family †Cynoclupeidae Malabarba & Di Dario, 2017[7]