Full reference: P. C. Goody. 1969. The relationships of certain Upper Cretaceous teleosts with special reference to the Myctophoids. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Geology Supplement 7:1-255
Parent taxon: Salmoniformes according to P. C. Goody 1969
See also Goody 1970
Sister taxa: Barcarenichthys, Casieroides, Chardonius, Esocoidea, Esocoidei, Gharbouria, Ginsburgia, Goudkoffia, Myctophoidei, Natlandia, Prosopium, Pseudoleptolepis, Salmonidae, Salmoniformorum, Smilodonichthys, Spaniodon, Stomiatoidei, Thaumaturus, Thymallus
Subtaxa: Cimolichthyidae Prionolepididae
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Brazil (1 collection), Canada (6: Alberta, Manitoba, Northwest Territories), Mexico (1), the Netherlands (1), Niger (1), the United Kingdom (6), United States (6: Alabama, Colorado, Kansas, South Dakota)
Total: 22 collections including 23 occurrences