Clade Ovalentaria Smith and Near 2012 (ray-finned fish)
Osteichthyes - Acanthopterygii
Parent taxon: Percomorphaceae according to R. van der Laan 2019
See also Cicimurri et al. 2025, Ebersole et al. 2019, Ebersole et al. 2024 and Nelson et al. 2016
Sister taxa: Anabantaria, Batrachoidaria, Batrachoidimorpharia, Carangaria, Carangimorpharia, Eupercaria, Gobiaria, Gobiomorpharia, Ophidiaria, Ophidiimorpharia, Pelagiaria, Percomorpharia, Scombrimorpharia, Syngnatharia
Subtaxa: Ambassidae Atherinomorphae Blenniomorphae Callionymiformes Cichlomorphae Congrogadidae Cylindracanthus Embiotocidae Grammatidae Icosteiformes Moroniformes Mugilomorphae Opisthognathidae Plesiopidae Polycentridae Pomacentridae Pseudochromidae Scombrolabraciformes Trachiniformes
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