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 Pellonulinae see Family Dorosomatidae Gill, 1861
                                       01 ?Genus †Knightia Jordan, 1907
                                       02 Genus Clupeichthys Bleeker, 1855
                                       03 Genus Clupeoides Bleeker, 1851
                                       04 Genus Congothrissa Poll, 1964 [monotypic]
                                       05 Genus Cynothrissa Regan, 1917 see Genus Odaxothrissa Boulenger, 1899
                                       06 Genus Ehirava Deraniyagala, 1929
                                       07 Genus Hyperlophus Ogilby, 1892
                                       08 Genus Limnothrissa Regan, 1917
                                       09 Genus Microthrissa Boulenger, 1902
                                       10 Genus Pellonula Günther, 1868
                                       11 Genus Potamalosa Ogilby, 1897
                                       12 Genus Potamothrissa Regan, 1917
                                       13 Genus Spratellomorpha Bertin, 1946
                                       14 Genus Stolothrissa Regan, 1917