Osteichthyes - Acanthuriformes
Parent taxon: Eupercaria according to R. van der Laan 2019
See also Betancur et al. 2013, Cicimurri et al. 2025, Jordan 1963 and Nelson et al. 2016
Sister taxa: Asianthidae, Callanthiidae, Caproiformes, Caucasichthyidae, Centrarchiformes, Centrogenyidae, Chaetodontiformes, Dinolestidae, Dinopercidae, Emmelichthyidae, Eotrigonodontidae, Ephippiformes, Exelliidae, Gerreiformes, Labriformes, Lobotiformes, Lophiiformes, Lutjaniformes, Malacanthidae, Monodactylidae, Moronidae, Parascorpididae, Pempheriformes, Perciformes, Pietschellidae, Pomacanthidae, Priacanthiformes, Quasimullidae, Repropcidae, Scatophagidae, Siganidae, Sillaginidae, Spariformes, Tetraodontiformes, Uranoscopiformes
Subtaxa: Acanthonemidae Acanthuridae Acanthuroidei Luvaridae Massalongiidae Sciaenoidei Zanclidae
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