Order Anabantiformes (ray-finned fish)
Synonyms: Channiformes Berg 1940, Channoidei Berg 1940
Parent taxon: Anabantomorphariae according to R. Betancur et al. 2013
See also Böhme 2010, Nelson et al. 2016 and Roe 1991
Sister taxon: Synbranchiformes
Subtaxa: Anabantoidei Badidae Channidae Eochanna Nandidae Pristolepididae
Ecology: nektonic omnivore