Parent taxon: Teleostei according to R. van der Laan 2019
See also Arratia 2015, Betancur et al. 2013, Cavin 1999, Cicimurri et al. 2025, de Figueiredo and Gallo 2004, Ebersole et al. 2024, Murray et al. 2005, Nelson et al. 2016 and Nolf and Dockery 1990
Sister taxa: Acanthopteri, Acregoliath, Amphiuma nordica, Araripchthyiformes, Asiatolepis, Bathyclupeiformes, Catosteomi, Chongichthyidae, Chromides, Crossognathiformes, Discocephali, Dorsetichthyiformes, Elopocephalai, Elopomorpha, Euteleosteii, Gasterosteiformes, Gobioidea, Ichthyodectiformes, Jinanichthys, Jugulares, Leptolepidiformes, Leucichthyops, Longdeichthys, Luisiella, Lyopomi, Malacopteri, Opisthomi, Osteoglossocephalai, Osteoglossomorpha, Osteossomorpha, Paralycoptera, Pediculati, Percomorphacea, Pharyngognathi, Pholidophoriformes, Polymyxiomorpha, Scorpaeniformes, Sorbinicharacidae, Stephanoberyciformes, Symbranchia, Teleocephala, Teleosteorum, Todiltia, Tonghuaichthys, Tselfatiiformes, Xenopterygii, Ypsiloichthys
Subtaxa: Beurlenichthys Clupeomorpha Euteleostei Euteleosteomorpha Lycoclupeidae Otocephala Otomorpha
Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder