After Carroll, 1988, Nelson, 1994 and Froese & Pauly, 2001 [“The Fishbase”]

<==o Pristigasteridae
   |--o Pelloninae
   |  |-- Chirocentrodon bleekerianus (Poey, 1867) Dogtooth herring
   |  |--o Ilisha
   |  |  |-- I. amazonica (Miranda-Ribeiro, 1920) (Amazon ilisha)
   |  |  |-- I. compressa Randall, 1994
   |  |  |-- I. elongata (Bennett, 1830) (Elongate ilisha)
   |  |  |-- I. filigera (Valenciennes, 1847) (Coromandel ilisha)
   |  |  |-- I. furthi (Steindachner, 1875) (Pacific ilisha)
   |  |  |-- I. kampeni (Weber & de Beaufort, 1913) (Kampen's ilisha)
   |  |  |-- I. lunula Kailola, 1986
   |  |  |-- I. macrogaster Bleeker, 1866 (Kalimantan ilisha)
   |  |  |-- I. megaloptera (Swainson, 1839) (Bigeye ilisha)
   |  |  |-- I. melastoma (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) (Indian ilisha)
   |  |  |-- I. novacula (Valenciennes, 1847) (Burmese River ilisha)
   |  |  |-- I. obfuscata Wongratana, 1983 (Hidden ilisha)
   |  |  |-- I. pristigastroides (Bleeker, 1852) (Javan ilisha)
   |  |  |-- I. sirishai Seshagiri Rao, 1975 (Lobejaw ilisha)
   |  |  `-- I. striatula Wongratana, 1983 (Banded ilisha)
   |  |--o Neoophisthopterus
   |  |  |-- N. cubanus Hildebrand, 1948 (Cuban longfin herring)
   |  |  `-- N. tropicus (Hildebrand, 1946) (Tropical longfin herring)
   |  |--o Pellona
   |  |  |-- P. altamazonica Cope, 1872
   |  |  |-- P. castelnaeana Valenciennes, 1847 (Amazon pellona)
   |  |  |-- P. dayi Wongratana, 1983 (Day's pellona)
   |  |  |-- P. ditchela Valenciennes, 1847 (Indian pellona)
   |  |  |-- P. flavipinnis (Valenciennes, 1836) (Yellowfin river pellona)
   |  |  `-- P. harroweri (Fowler, 1917) (American coastal pellona)
   |  `-- Pliosteostoma lutipinnis (Jordan & Gilbert, 1882) (Yellowfin herring)
   `--o Pristigasterinae
      |-- “Ilisha” africana (Bloch, 1795) (West African ilisha)
      |--o Odontognathus
      |  |-- O. compressus Meek & Hildebrand, 1923 (Caribbean longfin herring)
      |  |-- O. mucronatus Lacépède, 1800 (Guiana longfin herring)
      |  `-- O. panamensis (Steindachner, 1876) (Panama longfin herring)
      |--o Opisthopterus
      |  |-- O. dovi (Günther, 1868) (Dove's longfin herring)
      |  |-- O. effulgens (Regan, 1903) (Vaqueira longfin herring)
      |  |-- O. equatorialis Hildebrand, 1946 (Equatorial longfin herring)
      |  |-- O. macrops (Günther, 1867) (Bigeyed longfin herring)
      |  |-- O. tardoore (Cuvier, 1829) (Tardoore)
      |  `-- O. valenciennesi Bleeker, 1872 (Slender tardoor)
      |-- Pristigaster cayana Cuvier, 1830 (Amazon hatchet herring)
      `-- Raconda russeliana Gray, 1831 (Raconda)

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