Clade Ovalentaria Smith and Near 2012 (ray-finned fish)
Parent taxon: Percomorpha according to J. A. Ebersole et al. 2019
See also Nelson et al. 2016
Sister taxa: Dactylopteriformes, Gobiida, Kelemejtubus, Nardoichthys, Ophidiida, Pelagia
Subtaxa: Callionymiformes Caproiformes Gobiesociformes Grammatidae Icosteiformes Moroniformes Scombrolabraciformes Trachiniformes
Ecology: nektonic omnivore