Superorder Paracanthopterygii 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: Euteleostei according to J. S. Nelson et al. 2016
See also Bannikov 2014, Grande 1988, Long 2011, Murray 1996 and Nelson 2006
Sister taxa: Acanthopterygii, Avitosmerus, Cyclosquamata, Erichalcis, Lampridiomorpha, Lamprimorpha, Osmeromorpha, Protostomiidae, Santanasalmo, Scopelomorpha
Subtaxa: Anacanthini Sphenocephaliformes
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