†suborder Myctophoidei (ray-finned fish)
Parent taxon: Salmoniformes according to K. Kumar and R. S. Loyal 1987
See also Applegate 1970, Casier 1965, Constantin 1999, Prokofiev 2006 and Schwarzhans 1978
Sister taxa: Barcarenichthys, Casieroides, Chardonius, Cimolichthyoidei, Esocoidea, Esocoidei, Gharbouria, Ginsburgia, Goudkoffia, Natlandia, Prosopium, Pseudoleptolepis, Salmonidae, Salmoniformorum, Smilodonichthys, Spaniodon, Stomiatoidei, Thaumaturus, Thymallus
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Myctophoidei in the database