Order Kurtiformes (ray-finned fish)
Parent taxon: Gobiaria according to R. van der Laan 2019
See also Betancur et al. 2013, Jordan 1963 and Nelson et al. 2016
Sister taxon: Gobiiformes
Subtaxa: Acanthoclinidae Aphareidae Apogonoidei Denticidae Diploprionidae Elassomidae Etheostomidae Glaucosomidae Henicichthyidae Histiopteridae Hoplopagridae Inermiidae Kurtoidei Labracoglossidae Neoletherinidae Niphonidae Oligoridae Otholithidae Pomadasidae Pseudoplesiopidae Rhegmatidae Theraponidae Verilidae Xenichthyidae
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