Suborder Gasterosteoidei (ray-finned fish)
Actinopteri - Gasterosteiformes
Parent taxon: Gasterosteiformes according to H. L. Fierstine et al. 2012
See also Pietsch 1978
Sister taxa: Aulorhynchus, Gasterorhamphosus, Nerophis, Protorhamphosus, Urosphenopsis
Subtaxa: Aulorhynchoidea Gasterosteoidea
Ecology: nektonic carnivore