Order Kurtiformes (ray-finned fish)
Parent taxon: Gobiomorpharia according to R. Betancur et al. 2013
See also Jordan 1963 and Nelson et al. 2016
Sister taxon: Gobiiformes
Subtaxa: Acanthoclinidae Aphareidae Apogonoidei Denticidae Diploprionidae Elassomidae Etheostomidae Girellidae Glaucosomidae Henicichthyidae Histiopteridae Hoplopagridae Inermiidae Kurtoidei Labracoglossidae Neoletherinidae Niphonidae Oligoridae Otholithidae Pomadasidae Pseudoplesiopidae Rhegmatidae Theraponidae Verilidae Xenichthyidae
Ecology: nektonic omnivore