Clade Acanthomorphata Rosen 1973 (ray-finned fish)
Osteichthyes - Acanthomorphata
Alternative spellings: Acanthomorpha, Acanthomorpha
Parent taxon: Ctenosquamata according to R. van der Laan 2019
See also Arratia and Chorn 1998, Betancur et al. 2013, Davesne et al. 2017, Forey et al. 2003, Gottfried et al. 2006, Grande 1988, Murray 1996, Nolf and Dockery 1990 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxon: Myctophata
Subtaxa: Aipichthyoidea Asineopidae Bajaichthyidae Ctenothrissiformes Dalgoichthys Euacanthomorphacea Lampridacea Oncolepis Paracanthomorphacea Pateropercidae Pattersonichthyidae Polymixiacea Pseudotetrapterus Spinocaudichthys Xiphopterus
Type: Ferrifronsidae
Ecology: nektonic omnivore