Clupeiformes

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{{Taxobox | color = pink | name = Clupeiformes | image = Alosa fallax.png | image_width = 240px | image_caption = Alosa fallax | regnum = Animalia | phylum = Chordata | classis = Actinopterygii | ordo = Clupeiformes | subdivision_ranks = Families | subdivision = Denticipitidae (denticle herring)
Engraulidae (anchovies)
Pristigasteridae (pristigasterids)
Chirocentridae (wolf herring)
Clupeidae (herrings) }} Clupeiformes is the order of ray-finned fish that includes the herring family, Clupeidae, and the anchovy family, Engraulidae.

The order includes about 300 species in five families.

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