Clade Ovalentariae (ray-finned fish)
Parent taxon: Carangimorpharia according to R. Betancur et al. 2013
Sister taxa: Anabantomorphariae, Carangimorphariae
Subtaxa: Ambassidae Atherinomorphae Blenniimorphae Cichlomorphae Embiotocidae Mugilomorphae Plesiopidae Polycentridae Pomacentridae Pseudochromidae
Ecology: nektonic omnivore