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
                                     Subfamily Clupeinae see Family Clupeidae Cuvier, 1816
                                       01 Genus †Gosiutichthys Grande, 1982
                                       02 Genus Amblygaster Bleeker, 1849
                                       03 Genus Clupea Linnaeus, 1758
                                       04 Genus Clupeonella Kessler, 1877
                                       05 Genus Escualosa Whitley, 1940
                                       06 Genus Harengula Valenciennes, 1847
                                       07 Genus Herklotsichthys Whitley, 1951
                                       08 Genus Lile Jordan & Evermann, 1896
                                       09 Genus Opisthonema Gill, 1861
                                       10 Genus Sardina Antipa, 1904
                                       11 Genus Sardinella Valenciennes, 1847
                                       12 Genus Sardinops Hubbs, 1929
                                       13 Genus Sprattus Girgensohn, 1846