Clade Percomorpha (ray-finned fish)
Osteichthyes - Acanthopterygii
Parent taxon: Acanthopterygii according to D. J. Cicimurri et al. 2025
See also Bannikov 2014, Ebersole et al. 2019, Ebersole et al. 2024, Friedman 2008, Long 2011, Nelson et al. 2016 and Nolf and Dockery 1990
Sister taxa: Aulostomi, Berycida, Berycimorphaceae, Caprosimilis, Cataphracti, Cetomimiformes, Choichix, Euacanthopterygii, Gigapteryx, Holconoti, Holocentrimorphaceae, Hypostomides, Labyrinthici, Pepemkay, Percomorphaceae, Thoracostei, Xenoberyces
Subtaxa: Dactylopteriformes Gobiida Kelemejtubus Ophidiida Pelagia
Ecology: