Clade Euacanthomorphacea (ray-finned fish)
Parent taxon: Acanthomorphata according to R. Betancur et al. 2013
Sister taxa: Aipichthyoidea, Dalgoichthys, Ferrifronsidae, Lampridacea, Omosomopsis, Oncolepis, Paracanthomorphacea, Polymixiacea, Polymixiiformes, Protriacanthus, Pseudotetrapterus, Spinocaudichthys, Xiphopterus
Subtaxa: Berycimorphaceae Holocentrimorphaceae Percomorphaceae
Ecology: nektonic omnivore