Family Clupeidae Cuvier 1816

Clupidi Rafinesque 1810b:32 [ref. 3595] (ordine) Clupea [published not in latinized form before 1900; not available, Article 11.7.2]

Clupes Cuvier 1816:171 [ref. 993] (family) Clupea [latinized to Clupeae by Jarocki 1822:27, 47 [ref. 4984]; latinized to Clupeoides by Schinz 1822:292 [ref. 3926]; latinized to Clupeidae by Bonaparte 1831:161, 182 [ref. 4978]; latinized to Clupeoides by Minding 1832:VI, 78 [ref. 3022]; considered valid with this authorship by Guichenot 1839:1 [ref. 33128], Müller 1845:131 [ref. 32591], by Nolf 1985:46 [ref. 32698], by Patterson 1993:628 [ref. 32940], by Bogutskaya & Naseka 2004:32 [ref. 28183] and by Sheiko 2013:35 [ref. 32944] Article 11.7.2]

Leptocephala Goldfuss 1820:V, 12 [ref. 1829] (family)? Clupea [no stem of the type genus, not available, Article 11.7.1.1]

Thryssae Swainson 1838:282 [ref. 4302] (no family-group name)

Chatoessi Swainson 1838:282 [ref. 4302] (no family-group name)

Chatoessiformes Bleeker 1859d:XXXI [ref. 371] (subfamily) Chatoessus [Günther 1868:406 [ref. 1990] used Chatoëssina based on Chatoëssus]

Dorosomatinae Gill 1861a:55 [ref. 1766] (subfamily) Dorosoma [stem changed to Dorosom- by Gill 1873:789 [ref. 17631]; original stem Dorosomat- confirmed by Meek 1904:92 [ref. 2958], by Weber & de Beaufort 1913:23 [ref. 16092], by Nelson & Rothman 1973:138 [ref. 7578] and by Nelson 1976:76 [ref. 32838]; family name sometimes seen as Dorysomatidae]

Hyperlophinae Ogilby 1897:69 [ref. 3272] (subfamily) Hyperlophus

Spratelloidinae Jordan 1925:41 [ref. 2428] (subfamily) Spratelloides

Ehiravidae Deraniyagala 1929:31 [ref. 1115] (family) Ehirava

Anadontostomidae [Anodontostomidae] Herre 1933:6 [ref. 21453] (family) Anodontostoma [name only, but used as valid and the stem corrected to Anodontostom- by Fowler 1958b:6 [ref. 1470] Article 13.2.1; preoccupied by Anodontostomini Bleeker 1859 based on Anodus in fishes, invalid, Article 55.3; stem emended to Anodontostomat-by Nelson & Rothman 1973:138 [ref. 7578]; not preoccupied by Anodontostominae Verhoeff 1907 in Myriopoda, that name being based on the invalid genus Anodontostoma Tömäsvary 1883]

Clupanodontidae Whitley 1943a:170 [ref. 4703] (family) Clupanodon [genus inferred from the stem, Article 11.7.1.1; name only, but used as valid by Whitley 1943b:130 [ref. 4702] and by Fowler 1958b:6 [ref. 1470] Article 13.2.1; stem sometimes seen as Clupanodon-] Brevoortiinae Fowler 1948:14 [ref. 5600] (subfamily) Brevoortia

Nematalosidae Deraniyagala 1952:2, 8, 21 [ref. 12768] (family) Nematalosa

Pellonulinae Svetovidov 1952:93 [ref. 21481] (subfamily) Pellonula

Alosinae Svetovidov 1952:93 [ref. 21481] (subfamily) Alosa

Opisthoneminae Fowler 1958b:6 [ref. 1470] (subfamily) Opisthonema

Gudusiinae Fowler 1958b:6 [ref. 1470] (subfamily) Gudusia

Congothrissidae Poll 1964:6 [ref. 3523] (family) Congothrissa