Suborder Elopoidei (ray-finned fish)
Parent taxon: Elopiformes according to P. L. Forey 1973
See also Applegate 1970, Goody 1969 and Thurmond and Jones 1981
Sister taxa: Albuloidei, Antofagastaichthys, Carsothrissops, Coryphaenopsis, Dactylopogon, Davichthys, Echinelops, Eichstaettia, Elopidae, Epaelops, Flindersichthys, Lyrolepis, Megalopidae, Ostariostoma, Phyllodontidae
Subtaxa: Elopoidea Pachyrhizodontoidea Plethodoidea
Ecology: nektonic carnivore