Superphylum Deuterostomia Grobben, 1908 - deuterostomes see Infrakingdom Deuterostomia Grobben, 1908
   Phylum Chordata Bateson, 1885 - chordates
     Subphylum Craniata auct.
       Vertebrata Lamarck, 1801 - vertebrates see Infraphylum Vertebrata Lamarck, 1801
         Myopterygii Janvier, 1978 - myopterygians
           Superclass Gnathostomata Gegenbaur, 1874 - jawed vertebrates
             Grade Teleostomi Bonaparte, 1836 see Clade Pan-Osteichthyes Rowe 2004 [Moore & Near 2020]
               Euteleostomi - bony vertebrates see Clade Osteichthyes Huxley 1880 [Moore & Near 2020]
                 Class Actinopterygii Woodward, 1891 - ray-finned fishes see Clade Actinopterygii Woodward 1891 [Moore & Near 2020]
                   Subclass Neopterygii Regan, 1923
                     Division Teleostei Müller, 1845
                       Elopocephala Arratia, 1999 see Supercohort Teleocephala de Pinna, 1996
                         Clupeocephala Patterson & Rosen, 1977 see Cohort Clupeocephala Patterson & Rosen, 1977
                           Subdivision Ostarioclupeomorpha Arratia, 1997 see Cohort Otocephala Johnson & Patterson, 1996
                             Superorder Clupeomorpha Greenwood et al., 1966 see Superorder Clupei Wiley & Johnson, 2010
                               Order Clupeiformes Goodrich, 1909 - herrings
                                 Suborder Clupeoidei Goodrich, 1909
                                   Family Clupeidae Cuvier, 1816 - herrings and sprats
                                     1.1 Subfamily Dussumieriinae Gill, 1861 see Family Dussumieriidae Gill, 1861
                                     1.2 ?Subfamily Sundasalanginae [monotypic] see Family Sundasalangidae
                                     2 Subfamily Pellonulinae see Family Dorosomatidae Gill, 1861
                                     3 Subfamily Clupeinae see Family Clupeidae Cuvier, 1816
                                     4 Subfamily Alosinae Svetovidov, 1952 see Family Alosidae Svetovidov, 1952
                                     5 Subfamily Dorosomatinae Gill, 1861 see Family Dorosomatidae Gill, 1861