| Valid name | Clupea |
| Synonym | Gender: F; Syst. Nat., ed. X: 317 |
| Synonym | Clupea (Artedi) Linnaeus, 1758 |
| Synonym | Type: C. harengus Linnaeus, 1758, by subs. design. of Gill, 1861, Int. Comm. Zool. Nomencl. Direct. 30, Opinion 77 and Of |
| Synonym | Rogenia Valenciennes, 1847, in Cuv. Val., Hist. Nat. Poiss., 20: 340 (type: Clupea alba Yarrell, 1829, by monotypy |