Pellonulinae
{{Short description|Subfamily of fishes}}
{{Automatic Taxobox
| name = Pellonulinae
| fossil_range = {{fossilrange|55|0}} Early Eocene to present{{cite journal
| last = Sepkoski
| first = Jack
| authorlink =
| title = A compendium of fossil marine animal genera
| journal = Bulletins of American Paleontology
| volume = 364
| issue =
| pages = 560
| year = 2002
| url = http://strata.ummp.lsa.umich.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=611&rank=class
| doi =
| id =
| accessdate = 2007-12-25 }}
| image = Pellonula_vorax_-_Royal_Museum_for_Central_Africa_-_DSC06846.JPG
| image_caption = Pellonula vorax
|image2=Knightia single specimen.jpg
|image2_caption={{extinct}}Knightia cf. alta
| taxon = Pellonulinae
| subdivision_ranks = Genera
| subdivision =
{{extinct}}Knightia
}}
Pellonulinae is a subfamily of freshwater herrings belonging to the family Clupeidae.{{ITIS |id=551154 |taxon=Pellonulinae }}Whitehead PJP, Nelson GJ, and Wongratana T (1988) FAO species catalogue, volume 7: Subfamily Pellonulinae Page 132–144 in: Clupeoid Fishes of the World (Suborder Clupeoidei) FAO Fisheries Synopsis 125, Rome. {{ISBN|92-5-102340-9}}. Extant species are found in Asia,{{ITIS|id=551276|taxon=Clupeoides borneensis}} Africa{{ITIS|id=551270|taxon=Congothrissa gossei}} and Australia,{{ITIS|id=161816|taxon=Hyperlophus translucidus}} and members of the family occurred in North America in the Eocene.{{cite journal|last1=Grande|first1=Lance|date=June 7, 1982|title=A Revision of the Fossil Genus †Knightia, With a Description of a New Genus From the Green River Formation (Teleostei, Clupeidae)|journal=American Museum Novitates |issn=0003-0082 |oclc=47720325|url=http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/dspace/bitstream/handle/2246/5307//v2/dspace/ingest/pdfSource/nov/N2731.pdf?sequence=1|accessdate=December 11, 2022 |format=PDF|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131020234658/http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/dspace/bitstream/handle/2246/5307//v2/dspace/ingest/pdfSource/nov/N2731.pdf?sequence=1|archive-date=October 20, 2013}}
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