Table 1. Shimodiara-Hasegawa [63] test of alternative topologies.

Topology	Likelihood	Lmax-Lα	P
ML Topology (Fig. 2)	14940.81	0.0
Monophyletic Clupeiformes (Denticipitoidei, Clupeoididei)	14941.77	0.96	0.8963
Monophyletic Clupeidae (Dussumieriinae, Pellonulinae, Dorosomatinae, Clupeinae, Alosinae)	14945.02	4.21	0.8049
Monophyletic Dorostomatinae	14946.51	5.70	0.7103
Monophyletic Dussumieriinae	14950.11	9.30	0.6529
Monophyletic Clupeinae	15085.89	145.08	<0.001
Monophyletic Pellonulinae	15021.73	80.92	<0.001

Tree topology, estimated likelihood, log-likelihood differences and P-values for alternative topologies tested (χ²-test). L_max: Maximum likelihood topology; L_α: Likelihood of topology α.