Superorder Protacanthopterygii Greenwood et al. 1966 (ray-finned fish)
Full reference: P. H. Greenwood, D. E. Rosen, S. H. Weitzman and G. S. Myers. 1966. Phyletic studies of teleostean fishes, with a provisional classification of living forms. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 131(4):339-456
Parent taxon: Euteleosteomorpha according to R. Betancur et al. 2013
See also Long 2011, Nelson 2006 and Nelson et al. 2016
Sister taxa: Lepidogalaxii, Neoteleostei, Stomiatii
Subtaxa: Argentiniformes Esociformes Galaxiiformes Salmoniformes
Ecology: