Order Anabantiformes (ray-finned fish)
Parent taxon: Anabantaria according to R. van der Laan 2019
See also Betancur et al. 2013 and Nelson et al. 2016
Sister taxon: Synbranchiformes
Subtaxa: Anabantoidei Channoidei Chanoidei Nandoidei Nardoichthyidae
Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder