Clade Carangaria (ray-finned fish)
Osteichthyes - Acanthopterygii
Parent taxon: Percomorphaceae according to R. van der Laan 2019
Sister taxa: Anabantaria, Batrachoidaria, Batrachoidimorpharia, Carangimorpharia, Eupercaria, Gobiaria, Gobiomorpharia, Ophidiaria, Ophidiimorpharia, Ovalentaria, Pelagiaria, Percomorpharia, Scombrimorpharia, Syngnatharia
Subtaxa: Carangiformes Centropomidae Istiophoriformes Lactariidae Menidae Pleuronectiformes Polynemidae Pygaeidae Sphyraenidae Toxotidae
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