After Nelson, 1994 and Stiassny, 2002, with species from Froese & Pauly, 2001 [“The Fishbase”]

<==o Pellonulinae (freshwater herrings; makeanveden sillit)? [23/44]
   |?-o †Knightia [Ellimma?, Ellipos] Eoc. SA. NA. 
   |  |-- †K. alta
   |  |-- †K. eocaena Jordan, 1907
   |  `-- †K. vetusta
   |?- Congothrissa gossei Poll, 1964 [Congothrissidae Gourène & Teugels, 1994] (Smooth-belly pellonuline)
   |--o Pellonulini
   |  |--o Clupeoides
   |  |  |-- C. borneensis Bleeker, 1851 (Borneo river sprat)
   |  |  |-- C. hypselosoma Bleeker, 1866 (Kalimantan river sprat)
   |  |  |-- C. papuensis (Ramsay & Ogilby, 1886) (Papuan river sprat)
   |  |  `-- C. venulosus Weber & de Beaufort, 1912 (West Irian river sprat)
   |  |--o Cynothrissa
   |  |  |-- C. ansorgii (Boulenger, 1910) (Ansorge's fangtooth pellonuline)
   |  |  `-- C. mento Regan, 1917 (Nigerian fangtooth pellonuline)
   |  |--o Hyperlophus
   |  |  |-- H. translucidus McCulloch, 1917 (Transparent sandy sprat)
   |  |  `-- H. vittatus (Castelnau, 1875) (Sandy sprat)
   |  |?- Laeviscutella dekimpei Poll, Whitehead & Hopson, 1965 (Roundbelly pellonuline)
   |  |-- Limnothrissa miodon (Boulenger, 1906) (Tanganyikansardilli; Lake Tanganyika sardine)
   |  |--o Microthrissa
   |  |  |-- M. congica (Regan, 1917) (Bigscale pellonuline)
   |  |  |-- M. minuta Poll, 1974 (Dungu sprat)
   |  |  |-- M. royauxi Boulenger, 1902 (Royal sp)rat)
   |  |  `-- M. whiteheadi Gourène & Teugels, 1988
   |  |?-o Odaxothrissa
   |  |  |-- O. losera Boulenger, 1899 (Losera fangtooth pellonuline)
   |  |  `-- O. vittata Regan, 1917 (Regan's fangtooth pellonuline)
   |  |--o Pellonula
   |  |  |-- P. leonensis Boulenger, 1916 (Smalltoothed pellonula)
   |  |  `-- P. vorax Günther, 1868 (Bigtoothed pellonula)
   |  |?-o Poecilothrissa
   |  |  |-- P. centralis Poll, 1974 (Central Zaire pellonuline)
   |  |  `-- P. moeruensis Poll, 1948 (Lake Mweru sprat)
   |  |-- Potamalosa richmondia (Macleay, 1879) (Australian freshwater herring)
   |  |--o Potamothrissa
   |  |  |-- P. acutirostris (Boulenger, 1899) (Sharpnosed sawtooth pellonuline)
   |  |  |-- P. obtusirostris (Boulenger, 1909) (Bluntnosed sawtooth pellonuline)
   |  |  `-- P. whiteheadi Poll, 1974 (Whitehead's sawtooth pellonuline)
   |  |-- Sierrathrissa leonensis Thys van den Audenaerde, 1969 (West African pygmy herring)
   |  `-- Stalothrissa
   `--o Ehiravini Grande, 1985? [have been treated as dussumieriines]
      |--o Clupeichthys
      |  |-- C. aesarnensis Wongratana, 1983 (Thai river sprat)
      |  |-- C. bleekeri (Hardenberg, 1936) (Kapuas river sprat)
      |  |-- C. goniognathus Bleeker, 1855 (Sumatran river sprat)
      |  `-- C. perakensis (Herre, 1936) (Perak river sprat)
      |--o Corica
      |  |-- C. laciniata Fowler, 1935 (Bangkok river sprat)
      |  `-- C. soborna Hamilton, 1822 (Ganges river sprat)
      `--+-- Dayella malabarica (Day, 1873) (Day's round herring)
         |-- Ehirava fluviatilis Deraniyagala, 1929 (Malabar sprat)
         |-- Gilchristella aestuarius (Gilchrist, 1913) (Gilchrist's round herring)
         `--+--o Sauvagella) Bertin, 1940
            |  |-- S. madagascariensis (Sauvage, 1883) [taxonomic history] (Madagascar round herring)
            |  `-- S. robusta Stiassny, 2002
            `-- Spratellomorpha bianalis (Bertin, 1940) Bertin, in Angel et al., 1946 [Sauvagella madagascariensis bianalis Bertin, 1940] (Two-finned round herring)

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