Suborder Stomiatoidei (ray-finned fish)
Parent taxon: Salmoniformes according to P. Constantin 1999
Sister taxa: Barcarenichthys, Casieroides, Chardonius, Cimolichthyoidei, Esocoidea, Esocoidei, Gharbouria, Ginsburgia, Goudkoffia, Myctophoidei, Natlandia, Prosopium, Pseudoleptolepis, Salmonidae, Salmoniformorum, Spaniodon, Thaumaturus, Thymallus
Subtaxa: Astronesthidae
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Cozla (Piatra Neamt) (Oligocene of Romania)