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 de Figueiredo & Gallo, 2004

Order Ellimmichthyiformes Grande, 1982

• †Family Ancashichthyidae Ordóñez, Arratia, Tejada & Chacaltana, 2026

• Family Armigatidae A. M. Murray & M. V. H. Wilson, 2013

• Family Gasteroclupeidae Signeux, 1964

• Family Paraclupeidae Chang & Chou, 1974 (= Ellimmichthyidae Grande, 1982)

• Family Sorbinichthyidae Bannikov & Bacchia, 2000

Order Clupeiformes Goodrich, 1909

Suborder Denticipitoidei Grande, 1982

• Family Denticipitidae Clausen, 1959 (denticle herrings)

• Family †Cynoclupeidae Malabarba & Di Dario, 2017

Suborder Clupeoidei Bleeker, 1849

• Family †Garganoclupeidae Taverne, 2014

• Family Spratelloididae D. S. Jordan 1925 (dwarf herrings or small round herrings)

• Family Engraulidae Gill, 1861 (anchovies)

• Family †Clupeopsidae Marramà & Carnevale, 2026

• 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)

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