Suborder Osteoglossoidei (ray-finned fish)
Parent taxon: Clupeiformes according to D. L. Frizzell and J. H. Dante 1965
Sister taxa: Alisea, Anchoa, Austroclupea, Chirocentroidea, Clupeidarum, Clupeoidei, Daitingichthys, Denticipitoidei, Etringus, Etrumeus, Ganoessus, Ganolytes, Gasteroclupea, Hacquetia, Harengula, Ilisha, Opisthonema, Pomolobus, Pseudoellimma, Pseudohilsa, Quisque, Sardina, Sardinella, Sardinops, Sarmatella, Stolephorus, Xyne
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: nektonic carnivore