Parent taxon: Teleosti according to G. Carnevale and S. J. Godfrey 2018
See also Long 2011
Sister taxa: Acanthopteri, Acregoliath, Amphiuma nordica, Araripchthyiformes, Ascalabos, Asiatolepis, Bathyclupeiformes, Catervariolus, Catosteomi, Chongichthyidae, Chromides, Clupeocephala, Crossognathiformes, Discocephali, Dorsetichthyiformes, Elopocephalai, Elopomorpha, Euteleosteii, Galkinia, Gasterosteiformes, Gobioidea, Ichthyodectiformes, Ichthyokentema, Jinanichthys, Jugulares, Leptolepidiformes, Leucichthyops, Longdeichthys, Luisiella, Lyopomi, Malacopteri, Opisthomi, Osteoglossocephalai, Osteoglossomorpha, Osteossomorpha, Palaeolabrus, Paralycoptera, Pediculati, Percomorphacea, Pharyngognathi, Pholidophoriformes, Polymyxiomorpha, Scorpaeniformes, Sorbinicharacidae, Stephanoberyciformes, Symbranchia, Teleocephala, Teleosteorum, Todiltia, Tonghuaichthys, Tselfatiiformes, Xenopterygii, Ypsiloichthys
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Ophidiformes in the database