Clade Actinopterygii Cope 1887 (ray-finned fish)
Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1887. Zittel's Manual of Palaeontology. The American Naturalist 21(11):1014-1019
Parent taxon: Osteichthyes according to D. Delsate 2003
Sister taxa: Actinopterygii, Andreolepis, Cephaloxeniformes, Coregonidae, Crenilepis, Cyclotomodon, Dialipiniformes, Discordichthyiformes, Ganoidei, Iniomi, Lophosteus, Naxilepis, Pattonia, Pattonia couttsi, Preophiodon, Sarcopterygii, Sparalepis, Tythonichthys, Charitosaurus, Aspidoganoidei, Percidarum, Ptilichnus, Malacostomata, Azygostei, Lepidoleprus, Hypostomata, Teleostomata, Otolithopsis, Rhytiodus, Dipneusta, Argentinoideorum, Chrondroterygia
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: