Family Osmeridae (ray-finned fish)
Actinopteri - Osmeriformes - Osmeridae
Parent taxon: Osmeriformes according to R. Betancur et al. 2013
See also Casier 1966, Fierstine et al. 2012, Jordan 1963 and Nelson et al. 2016
Sister taxa: Allosmerus, Carpathichthys, Enoplophthalmus, Maulisia, Nybelinoides, Opisthoproctus, Plecoglossidae, Prototroctidae, Retropinnidae, Salangidae
Subtaxa: Hypomesus Spirinchus
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
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