Full reference: P. H. Greenwood, D. E. Rosen, S. H. Weitzman and G. S. Myers. 1966. Phyletic studies of teleostean fishes, with a provisional classification of living forms. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 131(4):339-456
Parent taxon: Teleostei according to R. van der Laan 2019
See also Bannikov 2014, Betancur et al. 2013, Carnevale 2007, Cicimurri et al. 2025, Ebersole et al. 2019, Fielitz and Bardack 1992, Forey et al. 2003, Long 2011, Nelson 2006, Nelson et al. 2016, Nolf and Dockery 1990 and Poyato-Ariza and Wenz 1993
Sister taxa: Acanthopteri, Acregoliath, Amphiuma nordica, Araripchthyiformes, Asiatolepis, Bathyclupeiformes, Catosteomi, Chongichthyidae, Chromides, Clupeocephala, Crossognathiformes, Discocephali, Dorsetichthyiformes, Elopocephalai, 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: Albuliformes Anguilliformes Elopiformes Megalopiformes Naiathaelon Notacanthiformes Saccopharygiformes Saccopharyngiformes
Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder