Clade Percomorpha (ray-finned fish)
Parent taxon: Acanthomorpha according to M. Friedman 2008
See also Bannikov 2014, Ebersole et al. 2019, Long 2011, Nelson et al. 2016 and Nolf and Dockery 1990
Sister taxa: Aipichthyoidea, Dalgoichthys, Euacanthomorphacea, Ferrifronsidae, Lampridacea, Omosomopsis, Oncolepis, Paracanthomorphacea, Polymixiacea, Polymixiiformes, Protriacanthus, Pseudotetrapterus, Spinocaudichthys, Xiphopterus
Subtaxa: Dactylopteriformes Gobiida Kelemejtubus Nardoichthys Ophidiida Ovalentaria Pelagia
Ecology: nektonic omnivore