†unranked clade Otocephala (ray-finned fish)
Parent taxon: Clupeocephala according to D. J. Cicimurri et al. 2025
See also Betancur et al. 2013, Cavin 1999, Ebersole et al. 2019, Long 2011 and Nelson et al. 2016
Sister taxa: Beurlenichthys, Clupeomorpha, Euteleostei, Euteleosteomorpha, Lycoclupeidae, Otomorpha
Subtaxa: Otariophysi
Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Otocephala in the database