Suborder Sternopygoidei (ray-finned fish)
Parent taxon: Gymnotiformes according to R. van der Laan 2019
See also Betancur et al. 2013
Sister taxon: Gymnotoidei
Subtaxa: Apteronotidae Rhamphichthyidae Sternopygidae
Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Sternopygoidei in the database