Clade Euteleostei Rosen 1973 (ray-finned fish)
Alternative spelling: Eutelostei
Parent taxon: Clupeocephala according to D. J. Cicimurri et al. 2025
See also Bannikov 2014, Ebersole et al. 2024, Grande 1988, Murray 1996, Nelson et al. 2016 and Nolf and Dockery 1990
Sister taxa: Beurlenichthys, Clupeomorpha, Euteleosteomorpha, Lycoclupeidae, Otocephala, Otomorpha
Subtaxa: Avitosmerus Lampridiomorpha Lamprimorpha Osmeromorpha Protostomiidae Santanasalmo Scopelomorpha
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