Order Blenniiformes (ray-finned fish)
Parent taxon: Blenniomorphae according to R. van der Laan 2019
See also Betancur et al. 2013, Jordan 1963 and Nelson et al. 2016
Sister taxa: Gobiesociformes, Opistognathidae
Subtaxa: Anarrhichthyidae Atopoclinidae Blennioidei Emblemariidae Gobiesocoidei Notograptidae Ophioclinidae Peronedyidae Runulidae Xenocephalidae Xiphisternidae
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