Order Lampridiformes Olney et al. 1993 (ray-finned fish)
Parent taxon: Lampridacea according to R. Betancur et al. 2013
See also Bannikov 2014, Carnevale 2004, Gottfried et al. 2006, Nelson 2006 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Ateleopus Eolophotes Lamprididae Palaeocentrotus Pegasus volans Protolophotus Regalecidae Trachipteridae Trachipteroidei Veliferoidei
Ecology: nektonic omnivore