Actinopteri - Tetraodontiformes
Alternative spelling: Tetradontiformes
Parent taxon: Percomorpharia according to R. Betancur et al. 2013
See also Bannikov 2014, Carnevale and Godfrey 2018, Carnevale and Santini 2006, Case and Schwimmer 1988, Close et al. 2016, Fierstine et al. 2012, Gregorova et al. 2009, Kumar and Loyal 1987, Long 2011, Nelson 2006, Nelson et al. 2016, Purdy et al. 2001, Sepkoski 2002, Thurmond and Jones 1981 and Weems 1999
Sister taxa: Acanthuriformes, Acropomatidae, Caesionidae, Caproidae, Centrarchiformes, Centrogenyidae, Chaetodontidae, Cirrhitiformes, Emmelichthyidae, Enoplosidae, Ephippiformes, Epigonidae, Gerreidae, Haemulidae, Howellidae, Kuhliidae, Kyphosidae, Labriformes, Lateolabracidae, Leiognathidae, Lobotidae, Lophiiformes, Lutjanidae, Malacanthidae, Monodactylidae, Moronidae, Oplegnathidae, Pempheriformes, Percichthyidae, Perciformes, Polyprionidae, Pomacanthidae, Priacanthidae, Scatophagidae, Sciaenidae, Siganidae, Sillaginidae, Sinipercidae, Spariformes, Terapontidae, Uranoscopiformes
Subtaxa: Alutera Aracanidae Atlanticopristis Balistoidei Bolcabalistidae Cretazeus Eodiodon Eoplectidae Indotrigonodon Kyrtogymnodon Moloidei Oligodiodon Ostracioidea Ostracioidei Pisdurodon Plectocretacicoidei Plectocretacicus Protobalistidae Tetraodontoidei Triacanthodoidei Triacanthoidei Trigonodontoidae Triodontidae Zignoichthyidae