Osteichthyes - Palaeonisciformes
Synonyms: Bobasatraniiformes, Palaeoniscida
Parent taxon: Actinopterygii according to H-P. Schultze et al. 2021
See also Arratia 2015, Bürgin and Furrer 1992, Daly 1973, Heckert 2004, Lombardo 2002, Long 2011, Nelson 2006, Nelson et al. 2016, Patterson 1982, Schaeffer 1967, Schaeffer and Dalquest 1978, Sepkoski 2002 and Uyeno 1978
Sister taxa: Actinopteri, Aeduelliformes, Aesopichthyidae, Aetheospondyli, Aetheretmon, Aethocephalichthys, Akanolepis, Ameghinichthys, Anapterus, Aneurolepis, Asarotiformes, Atkinsonella, Australichthys, Avamia, Avonichthys, Baoqingichthys, Beagiascus, Bishofia, Bluefieldius, Bobastraniiformes, Burguklia, Cenechoia paramillensis, Cenechoia sulcata, Charleuxiidae, Chichiidae, Chirothrix, Cladistia, Cuneognathus, Diplospondichthys, Discordichthyidae, Echidnocephalus, Engraulis, Eurekichthyoidei, Eurynotiformes, Eurynotus uspallatensis, Eurypoma, Exocoetoides, Fubarichthyiformes, Guaymayenia, Guildayichthyiformes, Guntherichthys, Gyrolepidoides cuyanus, Gyrolepidotidae, Histiothrissa, Holuropsis, Isospondyli, Kalops, Kansasiella, Kenderlichthyidae, Kutaichthys, Lepidotus pectoralis, Lepidotus trotti, Lineagruan, Mallotus, Meemannia, Meisenheimichthys, Ministrella, Moythomasiidae, Neochallaia leonensis, Neuburgichthys, Nozamichthys, Ophiopsis lariensis, Opistopteryx, Oxypteriscus, Pachylebias, Palaeobergia, Palaeonisci, Palaeoniscimorpha, Palaeoniscoidae, Palaeoniscoidea, Paleonisciformes, Paramblypteriformes, Phanerosteonoidei, Phoebeannaia, Pholidophorus dentatus, Pholidophorus lepturus, Pholidophorus rueppelli, Pholidophorus vallejensis, Piratata, Polypteri, Protaulopsis, Protospondyli, Pseudoberyx, Rhynchorhinus, Roslerichthys, Salmo, Schizospondylus, Semionotus brevis, Semionotus dubius, Semionotus inornatus, Semionotus mendozaensis, Semionotus unicristatus, Semionotus vallejensis, Spinofacia, Stegotrachelus, Tanyrhinichthys, Tarrasiiformes, Terenolepis, Tetragonopterus, Thryptodus, Trachichthyiformes, Uranichthys, Yaomoshania
Subtaxa: Agecephalichthys Amblypterina Arratiaichthys Atherstoniidae Blanzychthys Boreolepidae Borichthys Brachypareion Brazilichthyidae Browneichthys Burbonella Caelatichthys Canobiidae Coccolepidae Cornuboniscus Cosmolepis Cosmoptychiidae Daedalichthys Daqingshaniscus Decazella Dialipina Dorsolepis Dorypteroidei Drydenius Dwykiidae Fukangichthys Gardinerichthys Gyrolepidoides Holuridae Huanghelepis Igornella Igornichthyidae Illiniichthys Kentuckia Korutichthys Letovichthys Luederia Mansfieldiscus Neuburgella Orvikuina Osorioichthys Palaeoniscoidei Palaeothrissum Paradrydenius Paragonatodus Phanerorhynchidae Platysomoidei Plesiococcolepis Protamblyptera Psilichthys Redfieldioidei Rhabdolepis Sakamenichthys Scanilepididae Sceletophoridae Songanella Tanaocrossus Tienshaniscus Trissolepididae Urosthenes Westollia Zaxilepis Zhongweilepis
Ecology: nektonic carnivore