After Nelson, 1994 and Froese & Pauly, 2001 [“The Fishbase”]

<==o Clupeinae (herrings; sillit)
   |-- †Audenaerdia casieri Taverne 1973 [Clupavus casieri] L.Cret.
   |?- †Bolcaichthys catopygopterus (Woodward, 1901) Marramà & Carnevale, 2015 [Clupea catopygoptera Agassiz, 1835-1844 (nomen nudum); Clupea catopygoptera Woodward, 1901; Clupea catopterygia Eastman, 1911; ‘Clupea’ catopygoptera Grande, 1985] 
   |-- †Gosiutichthys parvus Eoc. NA. 
   |--o Amblygaster
   |  |-- A. clupeoides Bleeker, 1849 (Bleeker smoothbelly sardinella)
   |  |-- A. leiogaster (Valenciennes, 1847) (Smooth-belly sardinella)
   |  `-- A. sirm (Walbaum, 1792) (Spotted sardinella)
   |--o Clupea Linnaeus, 1758 [Alonsina; Clupeops; Sahelinia] Eoc. Pleist. Eu. Olig. SA. Mioc. WAs. EInd. Plioc. NAf. R. Oc. (sillit)
   |  |?- †“Clupeainflata Vukotinovi´c, 1870
   |  |-- †C. humilis
   |  |-- C.  bentincki Norman, 1936 [Strangomera bentincki (Norman, 1936)] (Araucanian herring)
   |  |--o C. harengus Linnaeus, 1758 (silli; Atlantic herring)
   |  |  |-- C. h. harengus Linnaeus, 1758 (silli; Atlantic herring)
   |  |  `-- C. h. membras Linnaeus, 1761 (silakka; Baltic herring)
   |  `--o C. pallasii Valenciennes, 1847 (tyynenmerensilli; Pacific herring)
   |     |-- C. p. pallasii Valenciennes, 1847 (tyynenmerensilli; Pacific herring)
   |     |-- C. p. marisalbi Berg, 1923 (vienanmerensilli; White Sea herring)
   |     `-- C. p. suworowi Rabinerson, 1927 (Chosa herring)
   |--o Clupeonella
   |  |--o C. abrau (Malyatskii, 1930) (Abrau sprat)
   |  |  |-- C. a. abrau (Malyatskii, 1930) (Abrau sprat)
   |  |  `-- C. a. muhlisi Neu, 1934
   |  |-- C. cultriventris (Nordmann, 1840) (Black Sea sprat)
   |  |-- C. engrauliformis (Borodin, 1904) (Anchovy sprat)
   |  `-- C. grimmi Kessler, 1877 (Southern Caspian sprat)
   |--o Escualosa
   |  |-- E. elongata Wongratana, 1983 (Slender white sardine)
   |  `-- E. thoracata (Valenciennes, 1847) (White sardine)
   |--o Harengula
   |  |-- H. clupeola (Cuvier, 1829) (False herring)
   |  |-- H. humeralis (Cuvier, 1829) (Redear herring)
   |  |-- H. jaguana Poey, 1865 (Scaled herring)
   |  `-- H. thrissina (Jordan & Gilbert, 1882) (Pacific flatiron herring)
   |--o Herklotsichthys
   |  |-- H. blackburni (Whitley, 1948) (Blackburn's herring)
   |  |-- H. castelnaui (Ogilby, 1897) (Castelnau's herring)
   |  |-- H. collettei Wongratana, 1987
   |  |-- H. dispilonotus (Bleeker, 1852) (Blacksaddle herring)
   |  |-- H. gotoi Wongratana, 1983 (Goto's herring)
   |  |-- H. koningsbergeri (Weber & de Beaufort, 1912) (Koningsberger's herring)
   |  |-- H. lippa (Whitley, 1931) (Australian spotted herring)
   |  |-- H. lossei Wongratana, 1983 (Gulf herring)
   |  |-- H. punctatus (Rüppell, 1837) (Spotback herring)
   |  |-- H. quadrimaculatus (Rüppell, 1837) (Bluestripe herring)
   |  |-- H. sp. [Species C, Wongratana, 1987]
   |  `-- H. spilurus (Guichenot, 1863) (Reunion herring)
   |--o Lile
   |  |-- L. gracilis Castro-Aguirre & Vivero, 1990 (Graceful piquitinga)
   |  |-- L. piquitinga (Schreiner & Miranda-Ribeiro, 1903) (Atlantic piquitinga)
   |  `-- L. stolifera (Jordan & Gilbert, 1882) (Pacific piquitinga)
   |--o Opisthonema Mioc. NA. R. Oc.
   |  |-- O. berlangai Berry & Barrett, 1963 (Galapagos thread herring)
   |  |-- O. bulleri (Regan, 1904) (Slender thread herring)
   |  |-- O. libertate (Günther, 1867) (Pacific thread herring)
   |  |-- O. medirastre Berry & Barrett, 1963 (Middling thread herring)
   |  `-- O. oglinum (Lesueur, 1818) (Atlantic thread herring)
   |-- Platanichthys platana (Regan, 1917) (River Plate sprat)
   |--o Ramnogaster
   |  |-- R. arcuata (Jenyns, 1842) (Jenyns's sprat)
   |  `-- R. melanostoma (Eigenmann, 1907) [Pomolobus melanostomus Eigenmann, 1907] (Uruguay river sprat)
   |-- Sardina pilchardus (Walbaum, 1792) (sardilli; European pilchard)
   |--o Sardinella Mioc. Eu. R. Oc.
   |  |-- †S. sardinites (Heckel, 1850) [Meletta sardinites Heckel, 1850; Meletta longimana Heckel, 1850; Meletta crenata Heckel, 1850]
   |  |-- S. albella (Valenciennes, 1847) (White sardinella)
   |  |-- S. atricauda (Günther, 1868) (Bleeker's blacktip sardinella)
   |  |-- S. aurita Valenciennes, 1847 (kultasardiini; Round sardinella)
   |  |-- S. brachysoma Bleeker, 1852 (Deepbody sardinella)
   |  |-- S. brasiliensis (Steindachner, 1879) (Brazilian sardinella)
   |  |-- S. fijiense (Fowler & Bean, 1923) (Fiji sardinella)
   |  |-- S. fimbriata (Valenciennes, 1847) (Fringescale sardinella)
   |  |-- S. gibbosa (Bleeker, 1849) (Goldstripe sardinella)
   |  |-- S. hualiensis (Chu & Tsai, 1958) (Taiwan sardinella)
   |  |-- S. jussieui (Valenciennes, 1847) (Mauritian sardinella)
   |  |-- S. lemuru Bleeker, 1853 (Bali sardinella)
   |  |-- S. longiceps Valenciennes, 1847 (Indian oil sardine)
   |  |-- S. maderensis (Lowe, 1838) (Madeiran sardinella)
   |  |-- S. marquesensis Berry & Whitehead, 1968 (Marquesan sardinella)
   |  |-- S. melanura (Cuvier, 1829) (Blacktip sardinella)
   |  |-- S. neglecta Wongratana, 1983 (East African sardinella)
   |  |-- S. richardsoni Wongratana, 1983 (Richardson's sardinella)
   |  |-- S. rouxi (Poll, 1953) (Yellowtail sardinella)
   |  |-- S. sindensis (Day, 1878) (Sind sardinella)
   |  |-- S. tawilis (Herre, 1927) (Freshwater sardinella)
   |  `-- S. zunasi (Bleeker, 1854) (Japanese sardinella)
   |-- Sardinops sagax (Jenyns, 1842) (eteläamerikansardilli; South American pilchard)
   |--o Sprattus [Meletta] Olig. Eu. R. Oc. (kilohailit)
   |  |-- †S. crenatus
   |  |-- S. antipodum (Hector, 1872) (New Zealand blueback sprat)
   |  |-- S. fuegensis (Jenyns, 1842) (Falkland sprat)
   |  |-- S. muelleri (Klunzinger, 1880) [S. mülleri] (New Zealand sprat)
   |  |-- S. novaehollandiae (Valenciennes, 1847) (Australian sprat)
   |  `--o S. sprattus (Linnaeus, 1758) (kilohaili; European sprat)
   |     |-- S. s. sprattus (Linnaeus, 1758) (atlantinkilohaili; European sprat)
   |     `-- S. s. balticus (Schneider, 1908) (itämerenkilohaili; Baltic sprat)
   `== 2 other genera?

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