Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Chordata - (Class) Actinopteri

Phylogeny

Monophyletic

Ref: J. Alvarado-Ortega et al., 2008: abstract.

Original entries

†Sorbinichthyidae (Family) Alvarado-Ortega, Ovalles-Damián & Arratia, 2008, nom. illeg.

Ref: J. Alvarado-Ortega et al., 2008

Subsequent entries

†Ellimmichthyoidei (Suborder) Grande, 1982

Ref: A.M. Murray & M.V.H. Wilson, 2013: 282.

Current position

Clupei (Superorder) Wiley & Johnson, 2010

Ref: R. van der Laan, 2024: 5; van der Laan, 2018: 64. [implicit]

Alternative positions

Clupei (Subcohort) Wiley & Johnson, 2010	Ref: J.S. Nelson, 2006: 127. [implicit]
Clupeomorpha (Subdivision) Greenwood et al., 1966	Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 605.
Clupeomorpha (Division) Greenwood et al., 1966	Ref: M.J. Benton, 2005: 392.
Clupeomorpha (Superorder) Greenwood et al., 1966	Ref: J.S. Nelson et al., 2016: 163.

Historical positions

Clupeomorpha (Superorder) Greenwood et al., 1966	Ref: J.S. Nelson et al., 2016: 163.
Clupeomorpha (Superorder) Greenwood et al., 1966	Ref: J.S. Nelson, 2006: 127.
Clupeomorpha (Division) Greenwood et al., 1966	Ref: M.J. Benton, 2005: 392.
Actinopterygii (Class) Woodward, 1891	Ref: 1998
Clupeomorpha (Subdivision) Greenwood et al., 1966	Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 605.

Number of Subtaxa

2025	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	†3f;10g;4s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000: 1 Jun 2024	[; †3f]
2016	J.S. Nelson et al.: 164	[; †3f]
2008	J. Alvarado-Ortega et al.: abstract	[; †2f;8g]
1988	R.L. Carroll: 605	[; †1f]