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