Suborder Kurtoidei (ray-finned fish)
Parent taxon: Kurtiformes according to R. Betancur et al. 2013
Sister taxa: Acanthoclinidae, Aphareidae, Apogonoidei, Denticidae, Diploprionidae, Elassomidae, Etheostomidae, Girellidae, Glaucosomidae, Henicichthyidae, Histiopteridae, Hoplopagridae, Inermiidae, Labracoglossidae, Neoletherinidae, Niphonidae, Oligoridae, Otholithidae, Pomadasidae, Pseudoplesiopidae, Rhegmatidae, Theraponidae, Verilidae, Xenichthyidae
Subtaxa: Kurtidae
Ecology: nektonic omnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Kurtoidei in the database