Clade Percomorphaceae (ray-finned fish)
Parent taxon: Euacanthomorphacea according to R. Betancur et al. 2013
Sister taxa: Berycimorphaceae, Holocentrimorphaceae
Subtaxa: Batrachoidimorpharia Carangimorpharia Gobiomorpharia Ophidiimorpharia Percomorpharia Scombrimorpharia
Ecology: nektonic omnivore