Clade Euteleostei Rosen 1973 (ray-finned fish)
Parent taxon: Clupeocephala according to J. S. Nelson et al. 2016
See also Bannikov 2014, Grande 1988, Murray 1996 and Nolf and Dockery 1990
Sister taxa: Beurlenichthys, Euteleosteomorpha, Orthogonikleithridae, Otomorpha
Subtaxa: Acanthopterygii Avitosmerus Cyclosquamata Erichalcis Lampridiomorpha Lamprimorpha Osmeromorpha Paracanthopterygii Protostomiidae Santanasalmo Scopelomorpha
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